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...world is shrinking, but not in the way we've been taught to expect. There was a time when we pictured the Asian travel industry on a relentless upward graph?with bigger planes annihilating distances from the U.S. or Europe faster than ever and cheaper tickets bringing in successively larger waves of dollar-toting visitors. That picture has now lost its luster; in its place Asia is seeing nervousness about travel in its long-haul markets as Western consumers opt to take holidays closer to home. Intercontinental travel, in fact, is firmly in the doldrums: with fewer people venturing beyond...
...schedule during the past two years, as his role as the elf Legolas in The Lord of the Rings has turned him into a teen heartthrob and a sure-fire box-office draw. And in the next nine months, audiences will get to see the latest results of his relentless workload. First up is the well-reviewed Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, which opens across Europe this month. Then comes the Aussie outlaw-gang flick Ned Kelly at the end of September, followed by The Calcium Kid, a spoofy comedy with Bloom in his first...
Baer dedicates the book to murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, for "his courage and relentless search for the truth." But truth contains many more shades of gray than Baer is prepared to acknowledge. The Saudis are not the first useful but troubled American ally. And they are unlikely to be the last. --By Adam Zagorin
...church that doesn't send its teens off on short-term mission trips or play host to a stream of missionaries on home leave, their stories full of exotic places and changed hearts. Although they would never admit it, the returnees are Evangelicalism's paragons, making its philosophy of relentless outreach their lives' work. Says Beth Streeter, a Moraga, Calif., health-care consultant who left on a short mission trip to Egypt with her husband and two young children shortly after Sept. 11: "When you believe at your core that the love of Jesus Christ really is the best gift...
...Politics and role models aside, Battle Royale II still relies on Hollywood devices for much of its impact. The battles are as long and relentless as in Saving Private Ryan; copious blood and gore saturate virtually every scene. Death, ubiquitous as it is, usually comes garnished with generous amounts of melodrama. And most of the heroes are endowed with idol-caliber good looks, most notably the Wild Seven's icily gorgeous sniper Saki Sakurai, played by teen siren Natsuki Kato...