Word: magical
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...storyteller richer material than the Philippines; certainly few places need more explaining. Superficially, the country appears to be the most Westernized in Asia, after centuries of Spanish colonialism and a formative interlude as an American dependency. Yet its soul is rooted in a panoply of ancient cultural traditions and magic religions as fabulous as any in the region...
...British and American press. The Olympics are special in their own way each time they are held. The Athens Games had two tremendous difficulties to overcome: having a small country as host and occurring after 9/11. But both were surmounted. The Games were splendid, they were majestic, they were magic. We Greeks were hospitable, we were proud and, most of all, we had fun. Chryssanthi Papageorgopoulos Luxembourg City...
...thousands of fiction-glutted Indians to read something mind broadening. The next announcement by Amitav Ghosh that he has a new novel to present to his countrymen?with multitudes of unexpected data tucked inside, ready to overwhelm even the most information-resistant reader with a sense of the magic of facts?will rank as the most important event in India's literary calendar that year...
...past eight years exemplifies that syncretic, tolerant tradition. Apart from the usual country smells of manure and woodsmoke wafting through the windows of his house, Maksun's office is also faintly redolent of incense. For Maksun is a traditional faith healer. He has no problem reconciling his magic with Islam. "I am a good Muslim, but I am also a paranormal," he says, shrugging...
...pulling power again in the fall while driving from Paris to Berlin. "It's a French icon like the beret or the baguette," he says. Dargnies offers three options: the Essential Tour, a review of the city's must-see monuments (1 hr. 30 min., $90); the three-hour Magic Tour ($155), which covers a wider selection of Parisian attractions; and the Unique Tour, an ? la carte option allowing daylong excursions in and around Paris ($178 for the first three hours and $47 for every additional hour). Each car comes with a chauffeur and accommodates three tightly packed passengers...