Word: visitor
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...exile in Amman and we have to face them." Some of these same people harassed him and made it difficult for him to find work in Iraq. He'd love to give them a piece of his mind, but Jamal says nothing, fearing the loss of his six-month visitor's visa. Instead, he just stares and tenses up. Jamal is one of tens of thousands of poor and middle-class Iraqis who have arrived in Jordan in recent months to escape the chaos in their native country. He flew into Amman in June, after local insurgents killed his father...
...Mark in the Middle Perhaps Latham's optimism comes from being relatively green in Canberra - and a first-time visitor to most parts of the country during the campaign. Before he became P.M., Howard, another man of conviction, had spent 22 years in Parliament; Paul Keating just as long. But there are gaps between what Latham promises, what experience tells us is possible, and what Latham actually does. Eight months ago, he said people had become cynical about election campaigns with "too much spin-doctoring and stage management." In the middle of his first electoral contest, has he broken...
...what about the mushroom cloud that was spotted about 60 miles to the west of the dam, near the town of Woltanri? The area doesn't have a river worth damming, former residents say, but it does have a missile base, as well as, according to a frequent visitor, a munitions plant. An accidental explosion of rocket propellant--possibly a missile launch gone awry--could have caused the mushroom cloud, analysts say. Another possibility: Pyongyang blew up something to keep the world guessing about its nuclear intentions--a tactic the regime has used in the past...
...Sometimes it seems that Delhi's taxi drivers have only one suggestion for a visitor: "Want to see a handicrafts emporium?" If you're interested in overpriced trinkets churned out in sweatshops, take your cabby's offer. Inevitably, you'll find yourself in a claustrophobic showroom with someone at your elbow needling you to buy. The cabby, of course, gets a commission for delivering...
...Graeme Eadie, an Edinburgh-based beverage analyst at Deutsche Bank. And even if it no longer builds houses, Guinness is still known as a generous employer, providing complete health care for families of staff, and even paying for them to pursue university degrees. The Storehouse, Guinness's hugely popular visitor center, draws legions of tourists, and the company contributes to the local economy by providing office facilities in a spare building for start-up businesses. In the brewery cafeteria, Varian points out the tables packed with retirees who eat for free, and who come in for the camaraderie as much...