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Most movies are the crudest of transportation devices: clown cars for idiot laughter, stock cars of bloody revenge. Not often does a film truly transport viewers outside themselves--or deep inside. One such precious vehicle is Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away, which has shown its class and mass appeal by winning the top prize at this year's Berlin Film Festival and by becoming, in the first 25 days of its release, the all-time top box-office hit in its native Japan. Now this delectable treat from the world's most revered master of animation (My Neighbor Totoro, Princess...
...among sailors or smugglers. That changed on Nov. 18, when the 200-ft. Samra sank at 4 a.m. in 10-ft. seas, drowning the two sailors and four Iraqis. Sixteen were rescued, including six U.S. sailors. The leaking vessel, owned by a United Arab Emirates shipper, was built to transport grain but secretly carried four large tanks inside its cargo hold for smuggling oil. The Navy's first mistake was to underestimate the amount of oil on board, which made the ship more likely to go down. But it also dispatched a guard crew from the U.S.S. Peterson...
...Ubud of Thailand" in similar travel publications overseas. So far, Pai is retaining its charm. The 3,000 local inhabitants still display the unconditional warmth and friendliness toward strangers that were once the hallmark of Thai hospitality everywhere. Motorbikes have replaced elephants as the primary mode of transport, but the panniers hanging from the backs of those Honda Dreams are still made of woven bamboo. And as you stroll through the outskirts of town in the late afternoon, the only sounds you hear besides the 5:15 p.m. call to prayer at the mosque are birdsong...
...Whenever we have to transport anything other than people, we take the seats out and leave them lying around. They are usually there when we need them,” Tran said of the seats, which were left behind Phillips Brooks House in the Yard...
...PBHA is having a difficult time meeting the already high demand for its vehicles—the seatless van is part of a fleet of seven used to transport materials, student volunteers and children participating in some of its 77 programs...