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Wednesday 30 August 2006 (05 Sha`ban 1427)

Putting Ploy Into Play


 
SHAHNAZ Shaikh is the newly appointed coach-manager of the Pakistan team for the World Cup Hockey Championships in Moenchengladbach, Germany from Sept. 6 to 17. The call for national duty came like... Full Story


Rediscovering Elegance


 
SEASONED travelers in Egypt are no longer concentrating solely on the pyramids and Islamic Cairo. Defying clichés, and mass tourism diktats, a distinctive class of tourists is now searching for what... Full Story


Junior Takes the Wheel

WELL, OK, technically he’s 15. But from the perspective of the aging parent, there is no major difference between 4 and 15, except that when your child is 4, his motoring privileges are restricted... Full Story




The Horror of Surgery Before Anesthetics

THE horror of surgery before anesthetics is scarcely imaginable today. A patient who had his foot amputated without it recalled “suffering so great that it cannot be expressed in words.” As well as... Full Story


Bob Dylan Encyclopedia: A Work of Art

DYLAN’S work merits encyclopedic treatment not only because of its intrinsic richness and cultural import, but also because of its multisided, history-fraught nature. He crosses many boundaries. His... Full Story


SlimLines: How to Build Willpower

You need to think about a personal mantra to say whenever you are tempted to eat something you don’t need to eat. (When you are offered a chocolate or some cake, say your mantra to yourself). It will... Full Story


QUEBEC CITY: Inside & Out


 
MY day within the walled city of Quebec began in a genteel, sophisticated manner: poking into antiques shops during a walk along cobblestone streets, touring an art museum, eating lunch in a little... Full Story


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