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...10—I know that Baker Professor of Economics Martin Feldstein served on President Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisors, but if I were looking for a really clear, and well-articulated explanation of complex economic matters, I would just tune-in to any cable news station and cross my fingers that the President was giving one of his talks on the “fundamentals” of the American economy...
Women’s Studies—If you’re looking for a fabulous case study on the status of women in modern society, all you need to do is turn on the tube! Women have come a long way, baby. We even have our own television station, now—Lifetime, “Television for Women.” How could women be expected to find television programming suitable for themselves without their own special channel? And what liberated woman of the 21st century could survive without cooking shows, soap operas and made-for-TV movies...
...From the Quarry Bay subway station, it's a stiff stroll up Mount Parker road to the rarely-frequented Sir Cecil's Ride. The three-kilometer-long, narrow dirt path snakes its way west, ducking through thick forest. If your timing is right, you will emerge just as the sun sinks behind the skyscraper-studded retail district of Causeway...
...knows for sure who is to blame for the murders. But even by the bloody standards of Thailand's troubled Muslim south, it's the worst wave of violence in decades. Police stations, train stations, hotels and government offices have all been bombed lately. Since January alone, 17 policemen have been murdered, and a bounty of 200,000 baht ($5,000) has been offered up by a shady Muslim group to encourage further cop killings. And nobody knows why. "It's creepy," says Sergeant Marohsae Moohanan of Sungai Padi Station near Thailand's border with Malaysia. Earlier this month...
...Hotels and travel agents in Hua Hin and nearby Pranburi arrange tours to the park, and local operators offer kayak rental and boat trips. The park station is a good place to start an outing. A rugged trail climbs up craggy Khao Daeng hill to a lofty lookout. It's only half a kilometer, but nearly vertical the entire way. What a view, though: glittering shrimp ponds and lush, green fields skirt conical peaks all the way to the coast. The total seems fewer than 300, but as Khao Sam Roi Yot is such a pleasant break from Bangkok...