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...lucky enough to get a room with a view, you'll see it right away. A shimmering monument of white, it floats above the shabby city of Agra. From afar, the Taj Mahal is as beautiful as the poets promise?a glowing tribute to obsessive adoration and a symbol of India around the world. But up close the picture begins to crumble. Acid rain and condensation from the former Mughal capital's coke-fueled factories and, environmentalists say, a nearby oil refinery are eating away the marble and turning what remains the color of unloved teeth. The famous canals...
...YORK—Getting your driver’s license is an American rite of passage—a doorway to freedom, a symbol of independence...
...BRAD PITT's icy blue eyes or JENNIFER ANISTON's adorable button nose, but up until last week you could have purchased the couple's everlasting symbol of commitment--and at a nice price too. Pitt and Aniston filed a $50 million suit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against Damiani International, the jewelry outfit that produced their wedding rings, for hawking "Brad & Jennifer white-gold wedding bands with diamonds," an alleged violation of an agreement prohibiting the rings' reproduction or sale. The bands, available in lovely 18-karat gold, were selling for a mere $1,000 at outlets...
USHER Prince Azim, son of the Sultan of Brunei, attended one of the shows on the singer's European tour and, according to a report, proffered the R.-and-B. sex symbol $250,000 worth of gifts. Usher's publicist wouldn't comment on the gifts story, but confirmed that the prince and the rock star met at a concert. Any talk of oil prices...
...Canadian Press tabulated the top 50 sports teams of the century, the ’94 Expos ranked just 41st, placing behind several curling teams. If the Expos do ultimately join baseball’s historical wasteland of anonymity, then the strike-shortened 1994 season may be the appropriate symbol of the team’s history: an endeavor that was never allowed to grow to its full potential, done in by avarice and myopic horizons...