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...handful of museums give a good sense of Oman's history and traditional crafts. However, Omanis are proud also of their recent past and are just as likely to encourage a visit to the new towns of Ruwi and Qurm. Just beyond the mountains that enclose Muscat, they are testament to the measured development policy of Sultan bin Qaboos, who overthrew his isolationist father three decades ago. Ruwi is home to a number of five-star beach hotels, as well as scores of new government buildings and residential areas. The most impressive sight is the enormous Qaboos Grand Mosque, which...
...results were a testament to Pollock’s genius beyond the mere technical means of creation—while the first few go-rounds looked “really beautiful,” according to Mancusi-Ungaro, by the third layer “it became a total mess...
Around mid-morning, the buses begin to arrive en masse, and by lunchtime the main drag has become a noisy testament to European automotive engineering. Under the Golden Triangle sign, a dozen or so children clad in gaudy hill-tribe garb jump into everyone's photographs, invited or not, then proffer palms for payment. Refusal is not brooked kindly, and even the most tightfisted succumb under the onslaught of teary eyes, wailing and shirt tugging. "Everyone can smell the tourist dollars," says Miss Pim, owner of the Arabica coffee shop, as she bustles around fixing espressos and cappuccinos. "Once people...
...coaches and teammates have been very supportive,” Grant said. “These results are just as much theirs as they are mine—they are a testament to four years of our hard work. We have all been really pushing each other in practice, and it has helped...
...regatta is a testament to the Crimson’s depth, with the wins in the 3V and first freshman events, by margins of 5.0 and 4.9 seconds, respectively. Harvard also raced a second freshman four and a fourth varsity four against a mixed Brown four as the Bears didn’t have a second freshman eight. Brown’s four finished behind both Crimson fours...