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...Ramallah. We walked through a 20-foot opening in the massive concrete wall the Israeli government had constructed around the city. Side-by-side with dozens of men, women and children, we walked through metal barriers lined with barbed wire in a cattle-like procession. We passed by the window of a security-check area where we could see two female Israeli soldiers lounging with their feet on the desk reading copies of Cosmo. The apparent normalcy, to both the Palestinians and Israelis, of this institutionalized humiliation and apartheid sickened me. For the life of me, I could not justify...
Ever looked out the window on a cold, wet day and dreamed of relocating to a gentler clime, where the sun smiles brightly, exotic flora perfume the air and the prices are forgiving? Tahir Shah did, and the result is The Caliph's House, a wry, energetic account of how the travel writer moved his pregnant wife, Rachana, and young daughter, Ariane, from London to Morocco, which he knew from childhood vacations. Think you've heard this all before, perhaps in Peter Mayle's best-selling A Year in Provence and its sequels, or Frances Mayes' tales of Tuscan transplantation...
Zooming in on Piers' screen gives a pretty good indication of what's on his hyperkinetic mind. O.K., there's a Google Images window open, where he's chasing down pictures of Keira Knightley. Good ones get added to a snazzy Windows Media Player slide show that serves as his personal e-shrine to the actress. Several IM windows are also open, revealing such penetrating conversations as this one with a MySpace...
...models in black leather and chrome to squat cloth-clad cubicle standards. Zhu won his first export contract in 2004. He also attended the Cologne Furniture Fair in Germany and sent 80% of his $3 million output to 20 countries. Through a screen of plastic bamboo along his office window, he points out the new factory he's building next door. He shows off a United Arab Emirates health-insurance card, which grants him medical treatment in Dubai, where he just opened his first foreign shop. "By Anji's standards, we have a small business," he says. "We're middle...
...Officers were sent to Hollis Hall last Monday in search of an individual who reportedly screamed and then slammed his or her window shut nearly two hours past midnight. Officers searched for him or her but to no avail...