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Despite the fact that Disney has been running family holiday tours since 2005, Adventures by Disney still flies under the radar compared with the company's higher-profile ventures. Guides take groups of no more than 38 parents and children to one of 19 scenic locales far from any theme park, from the remote beaches of the Galápagos Islands to the glacial lakes of the Canadian Rockies to the Great Wall of China...
...Historically, perhaps, they have not been on the radar,” Kaufmann said. “DoDDS are just high schools—we want to continue to visit schools where there are high quality students...
...degrees have not been disfavored in our competition, business careers attracted relatively few Rhodes Scholars, and it was the rare scholar who went to Wall Street or to finance. No one argued this an unfit or unworthy domain for Rhodes Scholars; it was simply on few scholars’ radar. And those who did make such a choice, including myself, usually did so after beginning a different career. Only three of the 320 American Rhodes Scholars in the ’70s went directly into business from Oxford; by the late ’80s the number grew to that...
...festivals that take place in Asia. South Korea's Pusan International Film Festival - held in a port once known more for cuttlefish than cinematography - has won a permanent place of prestige in the global film industry's annual circuit of stars and schmoozers. There are plenty more below the radar, however, advancing good causes and, from time to time, good work. Here's a roundup of a half-dozen events that may be short on glamour but have atmosphere to spare. (See the top 10 Cannes film festival movies...
...question Palin never answered is how she plans to make her "difference." A talk show? She demurs (but thanks several "bold and patriotic, fair and balanced" conservative talkers in her book's acknowledgments). A presidential run? "Not on my radar." Her political-action group is offering signed copies of Going Rogue to contributors, though, so politics must at least be on her sonar...