 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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SOME DOLLS APPEAL TO MORE THAN COLLECTORS' EMOTIONS.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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Byline: LIZ DOUP Knight-Ridder
Just when you think it's too late to do the kid thing buy dolls, dress 'em to the nines and show 'em off to your friends you discover doll devotees who've turned childhood comforts into a multimillion-dollar business.
Touted as one of America's most popular hobbies, doll collecting now spawns a growth industry of books, magazines, clubs and dolls, of course.
These are plush dolls purchased at oh-so-exclusive auctions for higher prices than historic homes. Somewhere around $300,000. These are plebeian dolls ...
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VIETNAM'S HO CHI MINH CITY RECORDS ACHIEVEMENTS IN TOURISM.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News
; HANOI, Jan 4 Asia Pulse - Ho Chi Minh City tourism attained all-round...year-end report just released by Ho Chi Minh City Tourism authority...have hindered tourism development in Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam in general." she...
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VIETNAM GOVT DRIVES EXPANSION OF HO CHI MINH CITY'S BUS FLEET.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News
; ...Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung has again urged Ho Chi Minh City and relevant authorities to speed up a project to...in the project to replace 1,300 worn-out buses in Ho Chi Minh City. The operation of these old buses is a threat to...
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Brocheux, Pierre: Ho Chi Minh: A Biography.(Book review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books
; Brocheux, Pierre Ho Chi Minh: A Biography Trans. Claire...biographic recounting of Ho Chi Minh's life into an acrobatic...political convictions: Ho Chi Minh's application in 1911...as his influence waned, Ho Chi Minh became the prisoner of...
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HO CHI MINH CITY PLANS TO MOVE THREE PORTS BY 2008.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News
; ...The Ministry for Transport and the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee have agreed...relocate at least three ports from Ho Chi Minh City's inner districts...With the agreement of the Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, Le Thanh...
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HO CHI MINH HIGHWAY DESIGNED TO FACILITATE INDUSTRIALISATION.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News
; ...Pulse - Construction of the Ho Chi Minh Highway, which was started...the full width of the Ho Chi Minh Highway to four or...province of Ca Mau from Ho Chi Minh City in order to form a...by late this year, the Ho Chi Minh Highway will ...
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Ho Chi Minh: A Biography.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History
; Ho Chi Minh: A Biography, by Pierre Brocheux. Translated...seem to be the best course of action to Ho, as they tended to ignore local conditions...Second World War provided the opportunity for Ho Chi Minh to form a government in Vietnam amidst the...
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Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City less powerful at drawing foreign capital
Magazine article from: Asian Textile Business
; ...atmosphere has prevailed in Ho Chi Minh City because of the lowering...stands at only 40% in Ho Chi Minh City, while this figure...the industrial parks in Ho Chi Minh City is US$5070/sq...away from expensive land in Ho Chi Minh City. For ...
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Ho Chi Minh's Love Child.
Magazine article from: Insight on the News
; ...when they stormed into Ho Chi Minh's apartment in Hong Kong...indicate that at the time Ho Chi Minh (He Who Enlightens) is...Duc Manh he wasn't even Ho Chi Minh. In those days...illegitimate children of Ho Chi Minh. Most news accounts about...
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Profile: Vietnamese-Americans protest an art exhibit featuring portraits of Ho Chi Minh, whom they consider an archenemy
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...art exhibit featuring portraits of Ho Chi Minh, whom they consider an archenemy...for which they lay at the feet of Ho Chi Minh. Long Van Tran. Mr. TRAN: As...expect to see an oil painting of Ho Chi Minh in a gold frame, says Dorn. Mr...
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HO CHI MINH CITY IZS VYING TO LURE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News
; ...infrastructure investors in Ho Chi Minh City are racing in a stiff...Linh Trung EPZs 1 and 2 in Ho Chi Minh City. The US...The zone, 20 km from Ho Chi Minh City, drew in 10 investors...000 locals. Land rents at Ho Chi Minh City's EPZs and IZs ...
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