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Ratnesar seems to downplay Reagan's effect on the fall of the Berlin Wall. Diplomacy has often combined an iron fist and a velvet glove. Reagan also appreciated the importance of opening minds, a warm heart and a silver tongue. S MacDermott, TORQUAY, ENGLAND...
Garderobes and public toilets were eventually replaced with something slightly more recognizable to the modern-day defecator: a box with a lid. France's Louis XI hid his toilet behind curtains and used herbs to keep his bathroom scented; England's Elizabeth I covered her commode in crimson velvet bound with lace...
...Baba and Nyona Heritage Museum There aren't any dusty glass cases or velvet ropes at this museum, tel: (60-6) 283 1273. Instead, beautifully recreated interiors invite you to walk through the daily life of a rich 19th century Peranakan family, led by guides in period costume. You'll feel like you're snooping around in someone's home and that the residents have merely wandered upstairs or into a back room for a moment. What other museum insists you take off your shoes before exploring...
...Iranian regime has a problem, and it's not a velvet revolution or Israel's threat to bomb its nuclear facilities. No, what really keeps the mullahs up at night is the specter of ethnic and sectarian conflict - more attacks like the bombing on Oct. 18 in the remote southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, which killed 42 people, including five senior officers of the Revolutionary Guards Corps. The country's leaders cannot help but worry that the same divisions ripping apart Afghanistan and Pakistan are about to visit them...
...part, Crocs has been steadily moving into other styles and materials over the past two years, from high-heeled shoes with a velvet finish to a khaki houndstooth men's loafer, both made out of resin. The hope: that a parent outfitting their kids in clogs will pick up a few more. "It's about persuading people to put the shoe on. We need to continue to evolve [our shoes]. And sometimes that might mean looking nothing like a Croc," says Duerden...