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...used to say Moscow is an island of prosperity in an ocean of despair," laughs Mark Wrong, a British developer with plans to build Western-style malls in several Russian cities. "But it's not true any more." Last month he broke ground on his first mall, in Yaroslavl, which is about 240 km northeast of Moscow, and over the next two to three years he hopes to have outposts as far as Ufa and Yekaterinburg. Such expansion outside Moscow was unthinkable even a few years ago, but it's a sign of how Russian retailing has evolved over...
...well attuned a writer to win this argument. His protagonist's memories of his boyhood are crystalline: "He ran home barefoot and wet and salty, remembering the mightiness of that immense sea boiling in his own two ears and licking his forearm to taste his skin fresh from the ocean and baked by the sun." And Roth conjures an understated, haunting set piece in which the man visits the cemetery and chats with the affable worker who will soon dig his grave. These are glimpses of the Everyman whose story would have been more powerful had Roth made him more...
...World Heritage site, Khao Yai National Park www.dnp.go.th covers over 2,000 sq km and is populated with bears, tigers and elephants. Trails take between several hours to three days to complete and offer splendid wildlife encounters. Guides are advised. NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA: The view of the Pacific Ocean from the 1,500-m Point Lookout platform, is just one of the joys awaiting hikers in New England National Park www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au - an ecological wonderland of soaring cliffs and World Heritage rainforest. If time is limited, the 2.5-km Eagle's Nest circuit, along the edge of a sheer drop...
Belfast's town center and quayside may be gentrifying, but greater delights beckon to the north. Half an hour by car from Northern Ireland's capital, the beautiful, unspoiled coastline boasts miles of craggy cliffs alternating with white sandy beaches that set off the clear blue-green ocean. Dotting the coast are colorful old harbors and tiny villages tucked away in green glens, waiting to be explored. Drive along the spectacular 40-km A2 coast road from Larne to Cushendall, continue to Ballycastle, either via the coast road or across the moors, and take in the following sights...
Even Score. Ivy was a success, as every TV viewer could plainly see last week. Beneath a lethal fireball 3¼ miles in diameter, the "shot" island, Elugelab, was transmuted into an ocean hole 175 ft. deep. But Ivy was a cumbersome, complicated test device that no airplane could carry...