Word: mountaineer
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...Mountain High, Emperor Far Away No matter how well intentioned, China's stimulus package may provide little more than a short-lived growth blip if officials are unable to control the perennial bugbear of Chinese economic development: pervasive corruption in local and provincial governments, which make their own way far from the brilliant technocrats in Beijing. (Read "The Secret Memoir of a Fallen Chinese Leader...
...while hauling charcoal in 1944, was picked by Mao Zedong to serve as an example of selfless communism - is the entry to a tunnel. Someday it will be part of a highway that leads west from Yan'an. The key word is someday. The Shazuimao tunnel, which faces a mountain that bears giant characters in Mao's calligraphy reading SERVE THE PEOPLE, has been delayed four times by workers protesting over unpaid wages. The city's transportation department and the local Communist Party discipline office are investigating allegations that the company originally hired to dig the tunnel subcontracted the work...
...blackout dates, no bait-and-switches. We've found nearly two dozen hotels offering standard rack rates of under $100 - from beachside luxury in Puerto Rico and Florida to mountain vistas in Colorado and Utah...
...Rocky Mountain High. In Colorado's Rocky Mountains, Keystone's Forest Condominiums has rooms for $99 a night from June 16 through Sept. 7. The condos are near the White River National Forest, through which you can hike, and the Snake River, down which you can raft, and the River Golf Course, where you can dig through sand traps. When you check in, you'll get an "Adventure Passport" telling you about free and discounted activities like yoga classes, fly-fishing clinics, geo-cache scavenger hunts and wine tastings...
...This, Plus Brunch. There isn't any skiing at Alta Lodge in the summer, but there are plenty of wildflowers and cool mountain air. Just 45 minutes from Salt Lake City in Utah's Wasatch Mountains, the Alta Lodge is offering a "Sunday Brunch Package" for two for $94 on a Saturday or Sunday night, including a full brunch - fill up for days on everything from pumpkin-chocolate-chip muffins to cheese blintzes. The offer is good from June...