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...turn was in constant touch with Powell. That gave a clue to what Kim wants: bilateral talks with the U.S., on a regular basis. "We discussed issues very frankly," Richardson said, "but in a positive atmosphere." And that may be Pyongyang's goal. --By Marguerite Michaels and Stewart Stogel...
...Stanley Stewart...
...More than 750 years later, veteran travel writer Stanley Stewart journeyed to their homeland in search of the modern-day descendants of those marauding hordes. As he recounts in his highly enjoyable travelogue, In the Empire of Genghis Khan, he eventually found the Great Khan's heirs. And they were usually drunk...
...legacy. The Greeks gave us literature and philosophy, the Romans architecture and law, the British railroads and cricket. The Mongols, true to their nomadic temperament, built nothing and walked away as if their empire were a mere winter camp. They are history's ultimate one-hit wonders. But as Stewart discovers, they have taken this eclipse well. Mongolians can be a barrel of laughs, especially at weddings, which devolve into violently fun drinking sessions in which "giving your new in-laws a good thumping" is expected. The author, perhaps influenced by the omnipresent Genghis Khan vodka, clearly approves...
...Stanley Stewart...