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...early to say whether these pioneers will truly redefine travel options. Despite launch publicity, few people have ever seen a pink Bangkok "femi-bus." And Roy Ollson, head of Asia for Best Western, says the world's biggest hotel chain has yet to find significant demand for female-only facilities. "It's not like women execs need bodyguards," he says. "I really don't think we want to spend money on this." But replies Van der Hoeven: "It's not about money. Look at any hotel. Look at the size of the robe, the slippers: they're based on males...
...Jangs are part of a growing number of North Koreans who come to China not just to live but also to launch desperate attempts at reaching third countries. Few make it beyond China's borders, but there is evidence that more are succeeding. In the first five months of this year, around 60 North Koreans arrived in Mongolia, up from fewer than 10 in the whole of last year. Beijing's nightmare is that millions could start pouring across the border. As a result, Chinese police relentlessly hunt down North Koreans to send them back; they recently began house...
...become a British motoring icon. That doodle was the prototype for the Mini, the 3m-long, 1.2m-wide engineering feat that became - along with the Volkswagen Beetle and Citröen's 2CV - one of those small cars that inspire both devotion and ridicule. After its 1959 launch, the Mini went on to sell more than 5 million cars over the next four decades, until it became clear the car could not meet stiffened European safety regulations...
Since its launch, Research Matters (www.researchmatters.harvard.edu) has attracted between 8,000 and 20,000 per day, Benfatto says. A link from a recent USAToday article attracted 55,000 visitors in one day, she says...
...part of the launch of the website, the University sent out a glossy magazine to 5,000 government agencies that offer research funding to the University, alumni, donors and high school guidance offices to promote the site and attract attention in both the government and among high schoolers, Wrinn said...