Word: spectacularity
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...textiles would emerge from the Taklamakan Desert, meeting other traders descending from the lofty Pamir Mountains, all survivors of terrible deprivation and brigandage. The glory days might be long gone but so are the bandits, and Kashgar welcomes ordinary tourists eager to see Central Asia's most spectacular market...
While Harvard’s Ryan Fitzpatrick completed 24 of 32 passes for 353 yards and three touchdowns in leading the Crimson to a dominating 52-23 win over Cornell, Northeastern’s Shawn Brady turned in a similarly spectacular performance, tossing five touchdowns in the Huskies’ 38-13 romp over Rhode Island...
...sing. Situating her gospel-tinted voice in a propulsive rhythmic groove, she proceeds to bend the blues, rehabilitate some standards (by Simon and Garfunkel as well as by Duke Ellington) and scamper through a couple of her own intriguing compositions. Simply Natural may fall an inch short of her spectacular last CD, Dem Bones, but that's no insult. Cook can cook. --By Daniel Okrent
...miles northwest of Vancouver, deep in the Canadian province of British Columbia, where heli-fishing in the temperate coastal rain forest represents angling at its most spectacular. With some of the world's biggest runs of migratory wild salmon and steelhead, along with abundant rainbow and cutthroat trout, the inlets and islands south of the great Skeena River offer the kind of fishing our grandfathers liked to reminisce about. Until recently many of the smaller rivers had not been fished at all. There are no roads along the coast, and the rivers have too many rapids for boats to make...
...trips are offered to Borobudur and Dieng Plateau, as well as to the nearby train museum at Ambarawa. Yet most guests stick close to the farm, which has spectacular views of seven surrounding volcanoes. Those feeling perky can walk to nearby villages that seem not to have changed in centuries. Part of the fun is feeling like an early pioneer. But there's plenty to be said for facial rubs and fresh coffee...