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Winning Recipe: Top Chef Blends Culinary Skills with Business Acumen
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia – We all remember a despised supper dish that sat in front of us as youngsters, untouched. Our
Small Business Owner Exports Mongolian Handicrafts – and More – to World Markets
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia – When I met Telmen Luvsandorj at his office in Mongolia’s capital, he quickly defused any notion that
Nomadic Family Retains Traditions, Accepts Changes to Survive
JARGALANT, Mongolia – We left the capital, Ulaanbaatar, by vehicle early on a mid-summer morning, traveling northwest on a surprisingly
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Istanbul 2025
Efe Yalçın offers a welcoming presence in his restaurant, FISH Istanbul, in the city’s ancient port neighborhood of Karakoy. Two
Toledo 2024
Aniese Seed [L], 99, and Bob Storer, 100, spend an afternoon reminiscing about their years together as best friends and
Estonia 2024
Filmmaker and journalist Jaan Tootsen revisits the Tallinn neighborhood featured in his documentary, “New World.” The building behind served as
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Party Time at Liz’s
WASHINGTON — I met Elizabeth Taylor on Oct. 3, 1980. On that day, a Friday, John Meek, my boss at
Death in an Alley
WASHINGTON – The tailor slipped the jacket on me. He directed me to a nearby mirror. “It looks good,” he said. “How
Lunch with Idi Amin
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia – The limo pulled into the Arabian Cleaning Enterprise compound on the outskirts of this Red Sea
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New Age Pharm Seeks Name for Wonder Drug
As a marketing consultant, I occasionally am retained by drug companies to help them launch new products. That was the
The Fixer
While chasing a carpenter ant with a hammer across our family room on a Sunday afternoon, I noticed a crack
“You’re Fired!”
WASHINGTON — The Washington Wart Hogs fired Bill Ramsey yesterday in his first season as head football coach and two
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Crossing Turkey-Syria BorderRequires Patience of Job – and Luck
BAB EL HAWA, Syria – The red letters read “Welcome to Syria.” They’re painted on a large billboard just off
Elderly Ex-Pats Call Belizean Jungle Home
GALES POINT, Belize – On the day after his 72nd birthday – April 12 – Bruce Minnick waded bare-bottomed into
The Deaths of Two Women in a War With No End
The first hours of March 11, 1978 were unusually stormy off the South Lebanon coast. Into the teeth of the