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...Urban - and chauffeured - versions of these tours are available in Paris with 4 Roues Sous 1 Parapluie (www.4roues-sous-1parapluie.com). The wry name - "Four Wheels Beneath an Umbrella" - recalls the brief given to the original 2CV designers, which was to create a cheap car for the masses. Tours include hotel pick-up, and take in the French capital's major sights as well as lesser-known attractions such as the Cité Fleurie - a 19th century artists' quarter. There are also romantic night tours that are especially popular with couples. But do remember to whisper in your partner's ear when...
...grain, meat, coal, copper and steel. Back at home, China has transformed itself into a nation of superlatives, each record burnishing its reborn pride. The country boasts the world's biggest dam (the Three Gorges), the largest corps of engineers (350,000 new graduates every year) and the most urban areas with a population above 1 million (more than 100). The People's Republic is the most wired nation on earth (215 million--plus netizens) and has enjoyed one of the longest sustained economic expansions in history (three decades of on average nearly 10% annual growth...
...Take a Hike Organize a weekend outing. You don't have to tackle the Appalachian Trail; simply find a nearby large park to explore or make it an urban hike. Plan a picnic and bring a ball or Frisbee...
...downtown Atlanta and parts of New Orleans earlier this year, and the series of deadly tornadoes that battered Salt Lake City, Nashville and Miami in the late 1990s. "They're a very rare event," Jim Keeney, meteorologist at the National Weather Service's Kansas City, Mo., office, said of urban tornadoes. But, he explains, tornadoes form at an atmospheric level far above skyscrapers like Chicago's iconic Sears Tower. So tall buildings don't prevent their formation in cities...
...This much is certain: Disbanding the Roma community of Sulukule will destroy its culture, which is premised on communal life. Extended families share homes and form musical ensembles, using the streets as their rehearsal rooms. "Sulukule presents a unique way of life," concluded an urban design research team from University College, London. "That has to be taken into account and preserved when a new development for the area is being introduced...