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...Until the recent attacks, Hizballah has never really gained a strong following in Tyre. The local people are too laid-back for the Islamic party?s zealotry, preferring instead an easy life lolling in the shade, eating fresh fried fish and slaking their thirst with chilled bottles of Lebanese beer. But that nonchalance is changing with each passing day of Israel?s onslaught against south Lebanon. Slowly but surely, Tyre?s residents are becoming radicalized...
...happily worn-out 5-year-old is a highly desirable commodity in leisure travel these days, as indoor-water-park hotels, once unique to Wisconsin as an escape from the bone-chilling winters, spring up by the dozens across the U.S. "There's a real thirst for a family activity that's close to home, that's more than a trip to the movie theater," says PriceWaterhouseCoopers analyst Scott Berman. By adding indoor water parks to existing hotels or building new "destination" water-park resorts, hotel owners are attracting those families and in the process recharging business...
...Chinese leaders this year. Since January, Premier Wen, President Hu Jintao and Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing have traveled to a total of 15 African countries. Why? Hu insisted during his Congo trip that "China is not seeking selfish interests" in Africa. But with the country's insatiable thirst for energy, Africa has swiftly become one of its key business partners: trade between China and Africa jumped 37% to $40 billion in 2005, and Angola was China's top provider of crude oil in the early months of this year. Here are just some of the deals...
...the 1890s, New York City was unrepentantly wide open. Day or night, a man with a thirst or a letch or the urge to gamble could satisfy his cravings with ease. Long past midnight, small bands played in dozens of Manhattan concert saloons while prostitutes in floor-length dresses trawled the tables. Streetwalkers divvied up the various corners in the Tenderloin, and touts handed out cards for $1-a-date Bowery brothels. Bettors wanting action could wander into Frank Farrell's crystal-chandeliered casino on West 33rd Street. Tourists could smoke opium in no-frills dens in Chinatown...
...windows on the undergraduate experience, along with the question-and-answer sessions he held at each residential house, his meetings with Crimson reporters, and various other interactions with students. His questions about what I and my peers thought of various aspects of Harvard demonstrated a tremendous thirst for understanding of the undergraduate experience and a passionate desire to fix what he saw as a subpar education. And then there was his dedication. When I first found out Larry would be my adviser, I expected that he, like many other freshman advisers, would barely do more than sign my study card...