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...Jordan and became withdrawn. Although outwardly charming, he coveted his privacy. Throughout 2004 he holed up in a makeshift studio apartment in the family's backyard, often sleeping until noon. The room features a television with satellite channels, a stereo with huge speakers and a motorcycle helmet, a prized souvenir from the U.S. A poster hanging over the sofa depicts an F-117 Stealth fighter in flight over a city that looks like Los Angeles...
...sight. For a short break, follow the lanterns to the old school Pac Man and pinball machines. After a few games, slide into a dark, romantic booth at deVille, the attached restaurant, where you and your honey can enoy sirloin ($19) or a Guinness Float ($7). Want a souvenir? Buy a Kings t-shirt or a Von Dutch bowling...
...South Korean companies?started churning out stainless steel cookware, called "unification" pots, in Kaesong. Although the partnership is an uneven one?the sophisticated stainless steel is made in the South and then shipped to Kaesong, where North Korean laborers shape it and screw on the pot handles?delighted souvenir hunters in Seoul have been snapping them up since they went on sale...
...American, so I'll speak plainly. 1. You Already Fooled Us Once. Charles's first wedding to the lovely Diana spawned a small industry in souvenir teacups, commemorative medallions, and ?limited edition? glass figurines that drove quite a few of my older female relatives into considerable credit card debt. Their expenditures seemed understandable at the time. The wedding of a future British monarch is a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle, traditionally, and stocking up on related collectibles is less like an indulgence than an investment. With the passage of time, such keepsakes can be expected to grow steadily in value...
...Pyongyang had designs on Jenkins beyond teaching English. Like his three colleagues, Jenkins was a prize cold-war souvenir: an American who had voluntarily wandered into North Korean hands. He was an asset and certainly more valuable alive than dead. "At some point, someone told us that Kim Il Sung said that one American was worth 100 Koreans," says Jenkins. "After that, I didn't think they would kill us without a good reason." His first experience as a propaganda tool occurred soon after he was captured, when he and his fellow deserters were profiled in a cover story...