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...Soviet-era aircraft - or a 40-hour drive across the steppes - from the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. But when you finally arrive at Nukus, there are two surreal sights to behold. The first is the dried-up bed of the Aral Sea - once the world's fourth-largest lake, but now a hellishly arid [an error occurred while processing this directive] landscape of grounded fishing boats and sand. The second is the Savitsky Karakalpakstan State Art Museum, tel: (998-61) 222 2556. The few travelers who stumble upon it never fail to be stunned by the discovery. The museum...
...Colorado; his three sons Reef, Frank and Kit; and the various women in their lives. When Webb dies at the hands of gunslingers in the pay of Scarsdale Vibe, a ruthless mogul, his sons pledge to avenge his murder, but the project gets complicated. For one thing, their sister Lake ends up married to one of the killers. For another, brother Kit becomes the beneficiary of Vibe's calculating generosity, studying higher mathematics at the old man's expense in Göttingen, Germany, a hotbed of mathematical theorizing--assuming hotbed and mathematical can be used in the same sentence...
...dramatic landscape of England's Lake District has long acted as muse to artist and writer alike. It's easy to imagine nature enthusiast and future [an error occurred while processing this directive] poet laureate William Wordsworth getting inspired during his visits in the early 19th century, rent in hand, to the home of his landlord on Lake Windermere's northeastern shore. That same house is now the Samling, an 11-bedroom hotel nestled in 27 hectares of pastures and woodland with gorgeous views of the lake. No wonder the Georgian house is occasionally hired out exclusively (and discreetly...
...including violent tendencies in an analysis of risk, the U.S. is the only nuclear power to have used those weapons on human beings. I would say our role in leading nonproliferation enforcement efforts is somewhat hypocritical. We need to set a better example. Timothy C. Hohn Lake Forest Park, Washington...
...including violent tendencies in an analysis of risk, the U.S. is the only nuclear power to have used those weapons on human beings. I would say our role in leading nonproliferation enforcement efforts is somewhat hypocritical. We need to set a better example. Timothy C. Hohn Lake Forest Park, Washington, U.S. Negotiation is by far the best way to defuse North Korea's nuclear crisis. But if severe international sanctions are necessary, we shouldn't expect cooperation from China because its national security would be threatened by a sudden collapse of North Korea. There would be a huge influx...