Only Too Happy to Oblige
Sucking up: a brief history
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What Lies Beneath
“DORIDE is a character who is viewing herself in her own imaginary world. The underwater world is like the world where dreams or art live. It’s not clear whether the …
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China Beach, Then and Now
danang—“Charlie don’t surf – but you can,” promises the Internet brochure for the U.K.-based Wild Frontiers “Apocalypse Now 2004” tour of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The line is a paraphrase …
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Rough Trade
How Canada’s diamond bonanza is turning a secretive industry inside out
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Shop Till You Transcend
At the annual International Dubai Shopping Festival, consumption is the main event
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Hot Zones and Human Clusters
West Nile Virus invades Toronto
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Not In Our Backyard
Billboards still aren’t welcome in Oakville
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The Memorizer
Playing cards with the world’s memory champion
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The Last Great City Dump
Throwing it all away in Yellowknife
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