Word: megalopolises
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City on a Hill These divisions, and the government's push to reduce them, are evident in the southwestern megalopolis of Chongqing. Built on the hilly banks of the Yangtze River, this ancient trading center was the effective capital of China during World War II and today is one of...
But Lula, like the brawny, business-minded megalopolis he has made his home, has set a sturdy example. São Paulo's vast, stalagmite horizon of skyscrapers can't match the glamour of Rio de Janeiro, but the city of 20 million people is a truer and smarter reflection...
From the era of gunboat diplomacy to today's scan-and-go turnstiles, Hong Kong has always offered foreigners the most convenient passage to the Chinese mainland. Since Hong Kong's return to China from Britain in 1997, entry to the mainland has become even easier and faster-visas are...
Hoping to help him with some of the themes he was struggling with on Megalopolis, Doniger gave Coppola some of Eliade's works, including Youth Without Youth. The book, meant to be inspirational, became Coppola's lightning bolt. "I realized, well, I can just go to Romania and make this...
Now that Coppola has shaken the blahs, he'll get back behind the camera again and start shooting a script of his own - still not Megalopolis - in Argentina in February. Tetro, starring Matt Dillon and Javier Bardem, is "about fathers and brothers and creative competition, a little Greek." In September...