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...former slave-trading port of Sur lies a 5,000-sq.-mi. sea of sand whose dune ridges rise as high as 350 ft. above the Wahiba desert floor. To the north, the Jebel Akhdar (Green Mountain) anchors the Hajar range. Mud-brick houses cling to its steep slopes, and fortresses whose foundations precede the age of Islam guard entry to its valleys...
...pilgrim will no longer have to make the 2 1/2-hour climb from the monastery, on the steep steps carved in rock by Byzantine monks who began the task in the 6th century. Unless better angels intervene, there is to be a cable car to whisk the pilgrim up the volcanic rock. At the upper terminus, according to one plan, he will find a restaurant, a casino (which in Egypt is not a gambling house but a nonalcoholic nightclub) and probably an asphalt walkway lighted at night to take the visitor to where Moses...
Every day from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m., two dozen young men and women bearing mobile phones weave through the traffic. About 1,500 callers have already used the service, which costs a steep $2.77 for 30 seconds, to reach out and touch concerned spouses and angry bosses. Some have even used the phone to call the police and report -- what else? -- auto accidents...
...steep fall prompted many investors to suspect that Japan's high-flying stock market may finally be headed for a major correction. One factor depressing the market is a widespread belief that the Bank of Japan will boost interest rates to fight inflation, a move that would be likely to slow the country's economic growth. The trade talks between the U.S. and Japan, which resumed last week, were also a source of gloom. Ironically, yet another notable cause of last week's volatility is an American export, program trading, which a growing number of firms are now practicing...
...subjects must be as similar as possible so that the treatment is the only variable. A study that includes both men and women must generally be larger -- and more expensive -- than a males-only trial to have the same degree of statistical validity. Though the costs may be steep, an increase in testing of women is called for. As for pharmaceuticals that are already available, some researchers feel that the Government should make a greater effort to monitor their effects on women...