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17 September, 2007
Remembering Dubai
Line of the day:
Before Dubai, a place like Dubai existed only in Sim City 2000.
That’s from my buddy Rahul Bhatia’s lovely post on how Dubai, or his notion of it, has changed over the years. I ended up quoting just that one line instead of an excerpt because every paragraph is worthy of being quoted by itself, and I couldn’t decide. Read the full post.
If that boy doesn’t become the best travel writer of his generation before he dies, I will kill him. Promise.
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#106 - Generalissimo 76
Sample clues
9 across: Van Morrison classic from Moondance (7)
6 down: Order beginning with ‘A’ (12)
