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VIEW FINDER The breathtaking views from the 88-story Jinmao Tower encompass the historic river-front Bund with its 1920 buildings and Pudong's Blade Runner surrealism. Enjoy a drink at Cloud 9, the bar at the Shanghai Grand Hyatt atop the Jinmao. Jinmao Da-sha, 2 Shiji Avenue, Pudong...
...theater. This is where Austin Guest ’05 comes in, to direct beckettproseplay, an abstracted and emotive original, partially cast-generated piece that evokes the difficult and beautiful final prose pieces of celebrated playwright Samuel Beckett. Set to perform Dec. 4-14 in the Lowell House Bell Tower Room, beckettproseplay promises a wholly unique experience for Harvard theater. Not to be missed...
...former President George H.W. Bush this summer made a little-noticed trip to relive his combat memories of an earlier, less controversial conflict. A few weeks ago, Bush paid a visit to the watery grave of his Avenger bomber, downed by ground fire after a run on a radio tower on the South Pacific island of Chichi-jima in 1944. The President's trip to Iwo Jima's tiny sister island was stimulated by author James Bradley (Flags of Our Fathers), who accompanied him. "I was trying to relive what went before," said Bush. "My crewmen, Ted White and John...
...stays, the golf club rents apartments, and it can accommodate business groups. Both castle and club have restaurants, but it's worth the short walk to the winsome village of Enniskerry for sandwiches and a pint at the Glenwood Inn, an unassuming traditional pub just across from the clock tower that presides over the town center...
...basis, rescuing lost tourists is their primary duty, and most desert policemen are more than happy to pose for photographs and pour strong Arabic coffee for travelers passing their sentry posts. But there's more to the desert patrolmen than just being the country's answer to the Tower of London's Beefeaters. They are, in fact, a crack squad with responsibilities that include monitoring the borders with Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iraq. Borders that, given Jordan's relative freedoms compared with some other Middle Eastern countries, are kept busy with smugglers and illegal immigrants...