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...people say that problems always get solved in America, and life never stops because of an accident or a death in the family. The rumor was that America was perfect, but it was, how should I put this... a little exclusive. It was time for me to discover this wonderland everyone was talking about. It was a new world I was entering. And for a while I thought it was actually going to be perfect...
...Travelers usually stop overnight in the Shi'a enclave of Kargil?a fragment of Muslim Central Asia that somehow materialized in India. From there, a mountainous wonderland unfolds. The road wanders past Lamayuru monastery (looming amid somber peaks that belong on the cover of some fantasy novel), skirts Alchi monastery (with its incomparable 12th century frescoes), and then it's on to Leh, where the crumbling royal palace towers over rooftop pizza restaurants. More monasteries dot the surrounding valley, along with turquoise lakes and rows of whitewashed Buddhist chortens...
...additional casino licenses and slapping a 39% tax on all three. One of the new license holders is Steve Wynn, who is credited with reinventing the Strip in Vegas. "Right now, Macau is for the gambler--period," Wynn told TIME last month before breaking ground on a $705 million wonderland to be flanked by the old Lisboa and a planned joint venture between Ho and MGM Mirage. "The trick is to add other dimensions to the town, open the door to more people...
...additional casino licenses and slapping a 39% tax on all three. One of the new license holders is Steve Wynn, who is credited with reinventing the Strip in Vegas. "Right now, Macau is for the gambler - period," Wynn told TIME last month before breaking ground on a $705 million wonderland to be flanked by the old Lisboa and a planned joint venture between Ho and MGM Mirage. "The trick is to add other dimensions to the town, open the door to more people." The other U.S. licensee, Las Vegas Sands, averages more than 30,000 visitors...
...time Tuesday in Tomorrowland and Adventureland. I sat by Jack?s side and worked the pedal as he ?steered? our racecar around ?Indy Speedway.? It was great fun, and I realized that many of the venerables - a go-kart on a track, a float through a wonderland such as ?It?s a Small World? - are just as magic to a three-year-old as whatever the latest high-tech marvel is. Jack preferred the cars to the super-colorful and hyper-sensory ?Buzz Lightyear?s Space Ranger Spin,? which is essentially an arcade game with wheels. I was pained...