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Quote: "When I was little, this [the Taj Mahal] was sort of the embodiment of the fairy-tale palace for me. I would...dream I was a princess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 9, 1996 | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

...skit starred a young South Asian man who met Muhandas K. Ghandi and inspired the builder of the Taj Mahal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAA Begins Seventh Ghungroo | 3/1/1996 | See Source »

...sins in two sacred lakes during the the first complete solar eclipse seen in Southeast Asia since 1955 and the last to come until 2070. In the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, photographers in hot-air balloons to catch the shadows of the eclipse as they passed over the Taj Mahal in the city of Agra. In Cambodia, hundreds of tourists and Cambodians were protected by 30,000 soldiers from possible Khmer Rouge attacks, as they gathered to watch the eclipse against the backdrop of the fabled temples of Angkor Wat. And in Thailand, Princess Sirindhorn, daughter of King Bhumibol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ASIA IN DARKNESS | 10/25/1995 | See Source »

...sins in two sacred lakes during the the first complete solar eclipse seen in Southeast Asia since 1955 and the last to come until 2070. In the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, photographers in hot-air balloons to catch the shadows of the eclipse as they passed over the Taj Mahal in the city of Agra. In Cambodia, hundreds of tourists and Cambodians were protected by 30,000 soldiers from possible Khmer Rouge attacks, as they gathered to watch the eclipse against the backdrop of the fabled temples of Angkor Wat. And in Thailand, Princess Sirindhorn, daughter of King Bhumibol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ASIA IN DARKNESS | 10/24/1995 | See Source »

...hard to miss from Virginia Street, Reno's main drag: an 80-ft. aluminum geodesic dome that looks like nothing so much as a huge bowling ball, proudly and appropriately perched atop the city's new $47.5 million National Bowling Stadium. Three years in construction, the Taj Mahal of tenpins opened in February. Its 80 lanes, under a 42-ft. ceiling, are wider than a football field; it has mauve banquettes, purple and green trim and permanent seating for 1,100 spectators. Scoring is fully automatic and displayed on the world's longest rigid, backlit video screen. Every aspect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RENO, NEVADA: LANES PAVED WITH GOLD | 9/18/1995 | See Source »

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