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Xara, a female gorilla, reclines lazily in the tall grass, only centimeters away. Crouch down a bit and you can gaze directly into her astonishingly soulful eyes. Later, a dozen curious ring-tailed lemurs surround you; they're so close that some even reach out their small, dexterous hands to touch the sleeve of your T shirt. This is not some remote African campsite but the town of Fuengirola, on Spain's densely developed, tourist-packed Costa del Sol. Once you've achieved the perfect sunburn and eaten your body weight in ice cream, head for Fuengirola Zoo, where amazing...
...Heidi Fleiss She was a new kind of madam, neither a rouged and overweight 60-year-old nor even a pedigreed East Coast socialite. Young, skinny and hip, Fleiss was charged with running a ring of high-priced L.A. prostitutes. She threatened to name names from her oversize appointment book and thereby threw Hollywood moguls (and presumably various Mrs. Moguls) into late-summer turmoil...
...unanswered questions on “Lost.” That said, it would be nice if the writers threw us something. At this point, I’d settle for a tiny crust of a clue. Cut to a shot of the islanders. Sun has lost her wedding ring. She’s in tears, tearing up her garden. She’s certainly lost her Sunny demeanor (har har). Next, we have a flashback of her on a blind date that her mother set up with some Harvard hot-shot. Fittingly, he’s a jerk. Harvard...
...lack of substantial original research. Na?m is an armchair tour guide, relying mostly on well-worn news stories and official reports. For a book on the underground trade in sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, Illicit is disappointingly dry. The climax is not a memorable glimpse inside a smuggling ring, but a raft of policy suggestions such as better coordination among government agencies and improved international cooperation?hardly page-turning stuff. Still, Na?m succeeds in presenting a clear account of how illicit commerce works and what its consequences are. In doing so, he sheds light on one of the most...
...have a lot of heart, they worked hard out there, and they give us a good battle.”Despite the inexperience for both sides, the ultimate deciding factor came down to Harvard’s dynamic as it consistently kept the pressure on Robert Morris. At the ring of the final bell, the Crimson had thrown 57 shots at the Colonials’ two goaltenders, while senior Ali Boe had to turn away only 16 for the shutout.As a result of Harvard’s constant offensive threat, a number of its freshmen were able to not only...