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...scene: A dinner party in a Bangkok penthouse, silverware clinking on fine China, various foams and reductions tickling cultured palates. An out-of-town guest turns to a Thai man and asks about the red-shirted protesters calling for the government's downfall. "Who supports the red shirts?" asks the foreigner, trying to understand the years-long standoff between the red shirts and the pro-government yellow shirts. "No one," replies the Thai, dismissively, sniffing a fine Bordeaux. Then, as an afterthought, he adds, "Well, except for the poor...
...Lunch on local rabbit specialties in the underground burrow of Café Mazai, at 199 Sovietskaya Street, tel: (996-312) 66 50 81. Then haggle with a taxi driver for the out-of-town journey to Burana Tower. Take in the breathtaking views from atop this ruined 11th century minaret, and experience twilight descending over the steppe. After dark, the State Opera and Ballet Theatre, tel: (996-312) 66 18 41, showcases Western and local productions for as little...
...clubs in Boston and New York City run their own clubhouses, complete with dining rooms, event venues, gyms, and accommodations for out-of-town Harvardians. Boston even has a downtown location in addition to its main clubhouse...
...roof, which, the custodian tells us, haven't been used by anyone in months. Newport Lofts is one of a cluster of several luxury condos that were supposed to be part of a revitalization of the downtown area. Apartments in Newport Lofts - Boemio's client, an out-of-town investor, paid $600,000 for one - are now listed for as little as $179,000. And this particular apartment isn't exactly in great shape. A squatter slipped past the doorman and, even more impressively, got a locksmith in to switch the lock and give her keys...
...lawless right now in the Wild West. There's even a real estate agent (and the figures and details are slightly changed here to protect him) whose out-of-town investor demanded that the agent find a way to cover some of the losses he was taking on the $60,000 down payment he'd sunk into a house. So the agent created a separate contract, never shown to the bank, that said the new buyer had to purchase a $60,000 Persian carpet from the seller - a check his mortgage company, which was sucking up hundreds of thousands...