Word: wanderer
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Except for the traditional gold suq, where tourists like to wander, little is left of Old Dubai. But Sheik Mohammed's planners are also taking care of those who crave that experience. Madinat Jumeirah, scheduled for completion later this year, will feature clusters of villas made with a mud-and-beam design to re-create a 19th century Arab city--oh, yes, and two five-star hotels. A country has to have standards, you know. --With reporting by Tanya Goudsouzian/Dubai
...safe bet the herd of deer that wandered onto the grounds of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (J.P.L.) in Pasadena, Calif., last week had no idea what was going on when a team of scientists burst into a courtyard, cheering and high-fiving over the successful landing of the Spirit rover on the surface of Mars. If the deer wander back this week, they could see more of the same, that is if Spirit--which has been operating splendidly but has not yet budged from the safety of its landing platform--at last rolls cautiously down onto the red Martian...
Boston’s community of street musicians is an intimate one. Milo Matthews, a veteran bassist at Harvard and Davis Squares who recently extended his performance circuit to South Station, cracks several smiles of recognition as his eyes wander around the room. He says he knows most of the meeting’s other guests...
...soccer teams-lounges beside the swimming pool of his seaside mansion in Goa while a makeup artist brushes dye into his beard. The hues perfectly match the copper tints already gleaming in Mallya's hair. Rifle-toting security guards keep watch while his wonder-struck guests sip beer and wander about the pleasure dome's grounds...
Let’s face it, human intelligence puts us at greater risk than the possibility that malevolent aliens may someday wander through our corner of the galaxy. The fact that we take planetary protection seriously, though, hints that we may have the tools to tame the beast within and use our brains wisely in the service of life. Through the “safe exploring” embodied in planetary protection, we take the best in our nature with us as we take our first steps beyond the Earth...