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...Intourist provides a wide range of trips into Sakhalin's interior, an area few non-Russians have ever seen. Activities include visiting indigenous tribes and, for Russo-Japanese War buffs, the 50th parallel, the former demarcation line between Russian-held northern Sakhalin and Japanese-controlled southern Sakhalin...
...Parallel Parking: City Cracks Down on Student Traffic
Spitzer's sudden celebrity and his refusal to let go even now that the SEC has begun its investigation are an embarrassment for Pitt. Just nine months on the job, Pitt has had to reverse himself more often than a new driver learning to parallel park. A former lawyer for big accounting firms and brokerages, he started out on the permissive side of debates over whether accounting and auditing functions should coexist, whether the accounting industry needs its own watchdog group and whether measures are needed to rein in stock-option abuse. In each case, he relented only after...
...North Koreans were disguised in South Korean army uniforms but their Russian coats and incongruous black sneakers caught the eye of a suspicious South Korean cop and most were apprehended and executed. Park was so enraged he ordered the formation of his own 31-strong hit squad with the parallel mission of assassinating Kim Il Sung, his counterpart in the North...
...with the brazen declaration of summer—from the bikini wax horror stories and get-thin-for-summer diets to beach bargains and lifeguard love stories—comes what I think is the oddest parallel to my own skin-tone woes: the self-tan. There I was pooh-poohing the cosmetics industry for not caring enough about making or marketing the products I need to attain flawless, cover-girl appeal and the next thing I know, every model in every ad is rubbing her way to darker, warmer skin...