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...listers to the Dalai Lama. A true leader of the pack, Belstaff has been in business since 1924, when the British company broke new ground with its use of breathable, waterproof waxed cotton. Steve McQueen wore Belstaff in The Great Escape, Che Guevara wore it on his famous ride through South America, and racing champions like Sammy Miller were staunch supporters. In the '90s, under the threat of financial demise, Belstaff was saved by Italian racer, motorcycle designer and fan of the brand Franco Malenotti. Economic concerns eventually forced the company to relocate to Italy, but loyalist Malenotti, by transplanting...
...underage, budding alcoholics out there, this is the trip for you. Only a train ride of several hours separates you from a lovely drinking age of 18, Canada’s only gift to mankind other than Beaver Tails and maple syrup. It’ll be cold, but the beer blanket should help. While you recover from your hangover, you can tour the famous “Double-Decker City” with beautiful architecture and museums above miles shops and boutiques underground...
...They had to pretend they didn’t know each other," Jafar said. "The entire plane ride, they didn’t even speak to each other or have eye contact until they had left Iraq and landed in another country...
...Baghdad that I could visit two and a half years ago? Can I go to the markets, the shops that I used to go to? Can I go to and visit friends in their homes without endangering them - foreigner coming to the neighborhood? Can I take a boat ride down the Tigris? Can I go to the street and buy books from the second-hand book market. Are my friends still there? Many of them had fled to Jordan this year. Are they coming back? Those who remained, are they more hopeful of their future? I want...
...first test - the landing - has gone well. The second will go even better: the ride home from the airport, once known as the Highway of Death because of the high incidence of insurgent attacks on commuters and military convoys, is remarkably stress-free. The Iraqi colleagues who have come to collect me laugh and joke as we drive; there's none of the nervous anxiety of previous trips. There are some Iraqi security forces along the road, but I see no American patrols...