Traveler's
Advisory
By ELIZABETH FEIZKHAH
Asia
Shanghai
Under Kublai
Khan, grandson of the fearsome Genghis, the Mongols conquered
China in 1279. Four centuries later, the Chinese turned the
tables, overthrowing the Yuan dynasty and later annexing Mongolia,
whose eastern, "inner" region remains part of China to this
day. In tracing the story of Mongolia's herdsmen- warriors
from Neolithic times to the 13th century, "Treasures of the
Grasslands," at the Shanghai Museum, emphasizes the creative
interplay between Mongolian and Chinese culture. Highlights
include a 5,000-year-old jade dragon, the jewelry of an 11th
century princess, and a Chinese-style funerary urn in the
shape of a Mongolian tent. Many of the 200 objects are on
show for the first time. Until Nov. 30.
North America
Palm Springs
Having a
battery of
medical tests isn't everyone's dream vacation. But for some people there's no pampering like the kind an efficient nurse can give. As well as enjoying spa baths, massages and
seaweed wraps, guests at California's luxurious La Quinta resort can now lie back and be scanned, probed and
measured on every health parameter from blood-sugar levels and bone density to cardiac stress and cancer risk. The resort's new WellMax preventive medicine clinic offers à la carte CT and ultrasound scans, blood tests, and sleep and memory checks; results are used to formulate an individual "anti-aging strategy." A five-day "comprehensive physical" costs about $8,000. See www.wellmax.com.
World
Wonders
Except for
the pyramids
of Egypt, all the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World (as chosen
by the engineer Philo of Byzantium) have disappeared. So what are their worthy successors? You can have your say in a global
poll sponsored by unesco,
at www.new7wonders.com. Most popular with the 1.5 million people who've voted so far are the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, and the Mayan ruins at Chichén-Itzá, in Mexico. Also likely to make the final list are the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, the Roman Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Eiffel Tower, and the temples of Angkor Wat. The poll closes Dec. 31.
Europe
Beaulieu
How he can afford them
on a spy's
salary is never explained,
but James Bond always
drives the sleekest, fastest cars available. An enviable selection of "Bond Cars"-including an Aston Martin DB5 (Goldfinger and GoldenEye), a Lotus Esprit submarine car (The Spy Who Loved Me), a BMW Z8 sports car (The World Is Not Enough), and the spectacularly armored BMW 750iL (Tomorrow Never Dies)-is on show at the National Motor Museum in Hampshire until April 2001.
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November 20,
2000 | NO. 46
US
ELECTION 2000
STANDOFF
2000: The Cliffhanger
Nancy Gibbs tells the story of Al Gore and George W. Bush's never-ending
election night and the constitutional trapdoors that may lie ahead for
a country in political limbo
BACK
TO SCHOOL: An Electoral College Primer
Why the winner will be chosen by 538 men and women
Public
Eye: Margaret Carlson urges calm and patience
FLORIDA
KEY: The Sunshine State Keeps Counting
The turbulent quest for the State's 25 electoral votes
CAPITOL
HILL: The First Lady is a Senator
How Hillary Clinton won her race for Congress
HISTORY:
No Surprises
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. on White House history repeating
Vote:
Barbara Ehrenreich on why she's not sorry
SOCIETY
IDEAS:
A Hardy Constitution
Australia's chief justice is a fan of the country's "rules"
T
H E A R T S
EXHIBITIONS:
Pursuing the delusion of Utopia
MUSIC:
PJ Harvey in a New York state of mind
CINEMA:
Philip Seymour Hoffman, the prince of perversity
TRAVELER'S
ADVISORY
PACIFIC
OBSERVED: The legacy of Whitlam's dismissal
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