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DIED. ANDREW ROBERT BUXTON CAVENDISH, 84, the elegant and modest 11th Duke of Devonshire, who held on to his ancestors' grand lifestyle by turning the 16th century Chatsworth estate owned by his family for 14 generations into one of Britain's most popular tourist attractions; in Derbyshire, England. Thought to be wealthier than the Queen, Sir Andrew paid off $20 million in inheritance taxes by selling tens of thousands of acres of land and art from his large collection to set up a trust that financed his mansion's maintenance...
...awesome 153 m tall, the bronze buddha recently unveiled in central China's Henan province seemed destined to become a rare tourist attraction in a place better known for its burgeoning AIDS problem. Yet when thousands of people tried attending the buddha's dedication ceremony last year, police shooed them away. And when the Henan Economic Experiment newspaper mentioned the statue in March, the edition was yanked from newsstands by provincial officials. The journalist who wrote the story was fired the following day, along with his editor. To date, no other mention of the buddha has appeared in the mainland...
...between class periods. This hourly ritual became the basis for the spiral-shaped ramp that appears in the first sketch of what would become the Carpenter Center. This was to be a means of passing through the building as well as “une route touristique” [tourist route], and the diagonal movement of students was to be prompted by bells installed within the building...
...protective gear as well as instructors' guidance from the ground. To learn more about paragliding, visit the website of the Swiss paragliding association, www.shv-net.ch (in French and German), or its British counterpart at www.bhpa.co.uk. You can also find contact details for certified venues and instructors from the local tourist board in practically any Alpine town...
...most fertile areas for East-West cross-pollinations is music. At S.O.B.'s in New York City, Rekha Malhotra, a.k.a. DJ Rekha, plays bhangra, a cool fusion of electronic dance and hip-hop beats with traditional Indian folk sounds. So popular is Rekha, 33, that her parties have become tourist attractions. "I can go anywhere in the country," she says, "and someone will go, 'Oh, I've been to Basement Bhangra.'" At Sonotheque in Chicago, Brian Keigher, 31, spins a popular fusion style known as "Asian underground"--fast, irresistibly danceable music studded with sitars and thumping tablas. Wade your...