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...that kind of juxtaposition is precisely the charm of Zhongdian's cocktail circuit. With steep, cobbled lanes, wooden houses, courtyards and prayer flags fluttering in the wind, Dukezong was little more than a ramshackle residential area of 15,000 inhabitants two years ago. Now, it's being buffed and polished for the outside world, with B-52 cocktails served alongside bai jiu-the local firewater-and macchiatos almost as readily available as yak-butter tea. The bars attract a lively, mixed crowd of residents, young travelers, artists and adventurers, doubtless hoping to find their own Shangri-La. Chances are they...
...parties must strike a better balance between risk and reward. We appreciate and encourage the CLC’s attempts to innovate and seek out new ways of improving campus life, but isolated failures like Havana cannot turn into a trend. Nearly twenty-five hundred dollars is a steep price to pay for a proof-of-concept...
...people.[*] Some residents live in newly built apartment blocks, others in air-raid shelters dating back to the war. All seem to be in constant, industrious motion. Chongqing, as a result, is a swirling cauldron of noise and smoke as buzzing motorbikes and overloaded buses strain to climb its steep hills...
...peak. Filthy water started to flow down the sides of the mountain. The trickle swiftly turned into a torrent of viscous mud, stones, ashes and debris with a crest of 15 ft. to 50 ft. The liquid avalanche, known as a lahar, was soon hurtling down the steep slopes at speeds of up to 30 m.p.h. With irresistible force, it roared down the flanks of Nevado del Ruiz in the most natural of channels: the beds of the Gualí, Azufrado and Lagunilla rivers, which flow east and south from the base of the volcano...
...popular night among Harvard students, the Comedy Studio features a two-hour show every night of the week except Monday. And priced at a mere $7-$9, the tickets, which can be purchased at the door, are among the best deals in Cambridge. (And if the price is too steep for your tastes, or even if it’s not, check out the one dollar coupon on the Comedy Studio’s website...