Word: sanding
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...City weren't sure who he was. That imperial nose, the batwing ears, those bore- into-your-soul eyes ... "You're a movie star, right?" they asked. Ben Kingsley smiled and quietly replied, "Yes." Their confusion didn't surprise Vadim Perelman, who directed Kingsley's new film, House of Sand and Fog, and was with him at the time. Over the past 40 years, the British actor has morphed into many larger-than-life figures - Moses, Hamlet, Gandhi. "He embodies his characters," says Perelman. Ben Kingsley disappears, and another man comes to life. "He's a chameleon." Kingsley's latest...
...gardens were seasonal, emphasizing spring and autumn to illustrate the perishability of beauty, the concept of the "pity of things." In Yoshimasa's era, however, gardens moved toward a Zen aesthetic, becoming more serene places of contemplation that favored the use of symbols of eternity such as rocks and sand over the transient beauty of flowers...
...Jordan (tribes.co.uk) After taking in the country's top sights-cliff-clinging Petra, the Roman city of Jerash, sand-worn desert castles and the Red Sea-you can tent down (surprisingly comfortably) with nomadic Bedouins and sleep well, knowing that 75% of the profits from the camping are channeled back to the host nation...
...Australian outback. Sandy (Toni Collette) is a healthy, hearty geologist, bored and impatient in her role as guide. Hiromitsu (Gotaro Tsunashima) is an emotionally closed businessman who is dangerously insistent on taking the less traveled desert roads. They almost die on one when their SUV gets stuck in the sand...
...tower in Arabic) isn't everybody's idea of a place to stay on a holiday budget--the rooms start at $1,361 a night--but the hotel that has become Dubai's striking trademark is merely the centerpiece of an extraordinary effort to transform a small patch of sand surrounded by conflict into a magical vacation paradise that draws tourists from East and West alike. In 2002, 4.8 million visitors checked into Dubai's hotels, double the total for the past six years. Despite the war in Iraq, an upswing in Middle Eastern terrorism and the global SARS scare...