Word: pacificism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Pulitzer Prizes are awarded to James Michener's novel, Tales of the South Pacific, for fiction, Margaret Clapp for her biography Forgotten First Citizen: John Bigelow, Bernard De Voto for his historical work, Across the Wide Missouri. The Nobel Prize for Literature went to T.S. Eliot '10, well-known for...
Hong Kong: Leader Tung Chee-wa has managed to push the Pacific Rim's economic jewel into recession, and admitted as much on Tuesday night. Result: The Hang Seng index finished the day down more than 5 percent.
Business travelers may grumble about moving to the back of the Airbus, but in the air and on the ground, special deals abound for those who are willing to lower their sights. Even though the base rate at Singapore's Hotel Phoenix is about $160 a night, marketing director Low...
Some tips: When hunting for business-travel bargains, remember that all Asian countries are not suffering equally. In Japan, where inbound business travel went up 7.6% last year between January and November, air fares and hotel rates won't show the dramatic declines seen in, say, Malaysia and Indonesia. And...
But for the most part, hotels and airlines alike are scrambling to impress customers. "I saw this coming a long time ago and told my staff to prepare for it," says Steve Halliday, general manager of Singapore's 800-room Pan Pacific Hotel, which is located next to the convention...