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...Lanta Yai and Khao Lak - three Thai destinations better known for backpackers and hammock-strewn huts - have unveiled deluxe accommodation in a bid for upmarket business. Their swish new resorts are helping Thailand generate much-needed buzz in the first peak season after the tsunami. Who knows? One of these up-and-coming towns might someday eclipse the jet set's favorite Thai isle, Phuket. On Koh Lanta Yai, Rawi Warin (rawiwarin.com) joins the burgeoning roster of five-star resorts like Pimalai and Costa Lanta. Standard rooms feature polished woods and Thai silks, while the suites will awe you with...
...chairing the Banking Committee for six years, where he first opposed then eventually backed a federal bailout for New York City. He surprised us when he announced in the fall of 1988 that he was resigning. He later confided that he wanted to leave at his physical and mental peak, not hang around past his prime as he'd seen other Senate old-timers do. That made his Alzheimer's disease, which was diagnosed after he retired, an even crueler irony to endure...
...peak of his notoriety, some folks called him, inevitably, an international man of mystery; others, the death merchant. He was the subject of the 1986 best seller Manhunt: the Dramatic Pursuit of a CIA Agent Turned Terrorist, by Peter Maas. The former Marine, 77, stands 6 ft. 4 in. tall and was someone to be reckoned with. But Edwin Wilson's roller-coaster ride as a freelance spy flew off the rails in 1982, when he was lured out of Libya in a sting operation conducted by U.S. marshals. He then was convicted in a series of sensational trials...
...hardly the feel-good movie of the year. The audience has little to latch onto: there are no tidy conclusions, no moral victories. Jagged scenes, choppy story lines, and sharp dialogue bemuse and befuddle. The plot snakes in and around itself, yet the narrative entanglement revealed by the narrative peak lacks any sort of clear solution.But this uneasiness sets “Syriana” apart as striking and provocative. The movie raises questions about politics, war, and the Middle East through the lens of the world’s—particularly America’s—addiction...
...planet's spin is partly what makes solar-generated electricity as inefficient as it is expensive. Think of those unsightly, bulky panels that hippies, Hollywood stars and even the President have affixed to their dwellings. They can soak up peak light only at noon, when the sun is highest in the sky. Why not design a system that captures that much sunlight all day long...