Word: mongolian
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...lands, home to the indigenous, untamed Mongol hordes, to be outside the civilized world. And the Great Wall stands testimony to China's long struggle to protect the Middle Kingdom from the nomadic barbarians. But the wall was no obstacle to the heirs of Genghis Khan and their marauding Mongolian warriors, who finally conquered Beijing in 1267. Still, in the khans' time it was an arduous trek over desert and mountain to journey between the Mongolian heartland and Beijing. These days the trip is considerably easier; China United Airlines flies into a number of small commercial and military airports...
Little in today's Inner Mongolia resembles the mighty Mongol empire of the great khans. Chinese jeeps and motorcycles have largely replaced the hardy Mongolian ponies of the khans' cavalry, and camels carry as many tourists as traders over the dunes of A-la Shan. But the storied deserts of the region?the Gobi, the Tengger and the Badain Jaran?still offer a staggering variety of landscapes. Flat stretches of sand and rock alternate with Sahara-like dunes, dramatic canyons and plateaus covered with hardy shrubs. The extreme austerity makes you marvel that the Mongol hordes managed to survive, much...
...walk then proceeded on to Cambridge City Hall, where the mayor of Cambridge as well as former Mongolian Ambassador to the U.S., Elbegdorj Tsakhia, spoke to the walkers...
...June the airport christened a sparkling, soaring and sunlit new version of the IAB known officially and underwhelmingly as Terminal 4. But that dull moniker can't hide the fact that America's newest gateway may be its best. The graceful steel-and-glass structure boasts 40-ft. ceilings, Mongolian granite floors and colorful artwork and architecture that should distract anyone waiting in a long line. "We are trying to make an airport an enjoyable place to be," says Hans Mohrmann, the enthusiastic Dutchman who is president of Schiphol U.S.A., a division of Amsterdam's airport-management company, which...
...apartment building, they huddled on the linoleum floor, pouring over a map of Mongolia while a missionary went over the route they would take, explaining where to make the crossing under the concertina wire at the frontier, urging them to keep walking until they are able to surrender to Mongolian border troops. The missionary is tense, jumpy. He tells them he has heard that the Mongolians, under pressure from China, are starting to close their border to refugees...