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Persepolis. the Persian Versailles, was too grandiose for thoughts of sex, its great stairway "making one feel as insignificant in the face of time as the humble lizard that darts to hide in the crevices of that cyclopaean wall." The storied gardens of Shiraz were a disappointment, but the taxis were flower-decked, and Author Sitwell caught a nocturnal glimpse of the annual migration of the Gashgai tribe, 400,000 men, women and children moving 7,000,000 head of cattle to summer pasture 15,000 ft. above sea level. Jerusalem's Mosque of Omar was "more beautiful than...
...disassembled in early October, is now in operation at Pasadena, Calif. The others, it is hoped, will be ready by the beginning of next year. They will be located at Curacao, West Indies; Arequipa, Peru; Villa Dolores, Argentina; Maui, Hawaii; Tokyo, Japan; Woomera, Australia; Naini-tad, India; Shiraz, Iran; Cadiz, Spain, and Johannesburg, South Africa...
Tulips flashed from the mile-high meadows in Iran's Zagros Mountains. Through Do Polan Pass, heading north as they had each spring for generations, a band of Bakhtiari tribesmen rode from winter pasturage in Shiraz and Khuzistan to summer fields in Isfahan province. In their ankle-length gowns and brimless felt hats, they nimbly crossed rock-strewn slopes, driving herds before them. At Do Polan summit the brazen, electronic voice of the 20th century met the ancient, changeless East. Four loudspeakers placed around a neat white tent blared at the tribesmen: "Stop...
...Shiraz, a city famed for its poets and fine wine, the Shah of Iran dedicated Iran's first municipal water system, statues of himself and his father, and a memorial to the Persian poet Saadi. Later he went horseback riding, and finished the week with a painful limp. As he stopped near a stream to water his horse, the horse shied and caught the Shah with a vicious kick above the ankle...
Near ancient Isfahan, a U.S. Government-sponsored Point Four project is trying to improve a farming district aptly described as "worse than anything in India." At Shiraz, wealthy Iranians are paying for the country's first city water mains. In many regions, especially along the Caspian shore, every building and cottage has the sign...