Word: thailand
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...Leonardo DiCaprio, shipwrecked in Thailand while filming on location, has been...
...Cable & Wireless balloon, was knocked out by what amounted to a one-two punch. First, peeved that Branson's December flight had infringed upon its airspace, China denied entry to his countrymen, forcing them to follow a more convoluted route. And then, while traveling over Thailand, Elson and Prescot were hit by a thunderstorm that shredded their balloon's envelope. They survived, after a harrowing dunking in the Pacific...
Your article on Leonardo DiCaprio's filming of The Beach in Thailand's Khao Yai National Park [CINEMA, March 1] was one-sided. You showed an absolute disregard for the environmental issues raised by concerned groups. I am sorry DiCaprio may have had his reputation damaged. However, once he and the film crew are gone, will the precedent they set by filming in a national park make future projects there much more palatable, thus endangering the fragile balance inherent in coastal environments? LISA BEAVERS Misawa, Japan...
...your article "The Committee to Save the World" [BUSINESS, Feb. 15]: I have been wondering how Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Deputy Treasury Secretary Larry Summers could take steps to rescue the rest of the world, including Russia, South Korea, Brazil and Thailand, but not Indonesia. The loans from the IMF and the World Bank have not been enough to stop massive layoffs. Ailing banks, high interest rates and many other problems still exist. If our country falls, the rest of the world will feel the effect. If these three men can help save Indonesia, then...
...heading to Thailand next, and after that I have no idea where I am going or when I am coming back," he wrote to a recent e-mail message...