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...rink, surrounded by towering models of candles and a vast canvas featuring a moonlit lake, is a surreal spectacle in the midst of Mexico City's grinding traffic, colonial churches and endless protest marches. To add to the illusion of escape, sweet ballads play through huge speakers as the skaters glide along. Skating is a novel experience for most of those venturing onto the ice, and teams of white-helmeted city workers are constantly rushing to help citizens who have fallen on their faces. "Don't form chains," a supervisor cautions over the public-address system. "Don't smoke...
...over 2,000 hours of flight time including a flight from Los Angeles to Alaska. The rotors of the helicopter stirred up clouds of snow as it landed on the fields of the Gordon Track and Tennis Center. During the flight, contact was maintained with the Boston Logan Air Traffic Control Tower at all times. Several Harvard students went along for the helicopter ride. Passenger Daniel E. Catomeris ’11 brought a camera and a crew mate along to document his journey for “On Harvard Time.” “It was incredible...
...digital cameras has fallen by around 10% in the past month or so, as inventory bought at the new exchange rates starts hitting the shelves. Also cheaper are the cost of some overseas flights and hotel rooms, especially in the U.S. "We've definitely seen growth in outbound traffic since the rupee started strengthening, both at the individual level and at the corporate level," says Madhavan Menon, the managing director of travel company Thomas Cook India...
...Marcelo Ebrard, as part of his campaign to make this heaving mountain capital a more pleasant environment. Last spring, he shipped in tons of sand to build four urban beaches that were also a hit with residents, while inspiring dozens of comedy skits about plump sunbathers walking through gridlocked traffic. Ebrard has also built miles of cycle paths, on which he's posed for cameras atop his mountain bike on sunny Sundays...
...Surrounded by towering models of candles and a vast canvas of a moonlit lake, the rink is a surreal spectacle in the midst of Mexico City's grinding traffic, colonial churches, and endless protest marches. To add to the illusion of escape offered by the rink, huge speakers play sweet Spanish ballads as the skaters glide along the white surface...