Word: spectacularity
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...marketing tool. Well-heeled Chinese tourists from the non-paradisiacal regions of Shenzhen and Beijing have flocked to the two newly declared Shangri-las since their much publicized "discovery." But until last year Yading and Deqin were closed to foreign visitors. Now is your chance to check out these spectacular mountain regions before the growing hordes spoil what's left of their idyllic tranquillity...
Business writer DANIEL KADLEC once again dives into the stirring political and financial tale of Kenneth Lay, Arthur Andersen and the fallen Texas energy-trading giant known as Enron. Talk to Dan about one of the largest and most spectacular corporate collapses in U.S. history and what it will mean for shareholders, politicians and Enron execs, on Wednesday...
...even before Nancy's books became international hits, the sisters were notorious; the "Mad, Mad Mitfords," the press loved to call them. Diana, a spectacular beauty, married an heir to the Guinness fortune but then jettisoned him to take up with Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of Britain's fascist party, which, Lovell says, made her "arguably the most hated woman in England." Just as scandalous was Unity, a close friend of Adolf Hitler's and so worshipfully devoted to him that she shot herself in the head when Britain declared war on Germany (she survived with some brain damage; Hitler...
...success of that venture inspired Pakistan's military leaders to start helping insurgents fighting Indian rule in Kashmir, in hopes of equally spectacular dividends. The ISI even has a wing devoted to supporting the Kashmir insurgency. The Pakistani military initially trained indigenous Kashmiri militants, but in 1992--after a brutal Indian crackdown almost snuffed the separatist movement--it began funneling foreign jihadis to Kashmir, expecting their zeal would revive the conflict...
...record-setting game seems to be inevitable in Peljto’s future. She has taken her game to another level in rebounding and defense following a spectacular Ivy Rookie of the Year campaign...