Paradise
PARADISE. The word paradise originated from Old Persian pairidaeza, which meant "walled enclosure, pleasure park, garden." Pairidaeza came into Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek retain...
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Anyone who has passed by the monstrously large residential complexes known as Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village on First Avenue between 14th and 23rd streets knows they account for a prison...
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It's called Paradise for a reason. Vibrant wildflower meadows and spectacular views of Mount Rainier have long made Paradise the most popular destination at this revered national par...
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Wellington (dpa) - Tokelau, a group of coral islets in the middle
of the South Pacific that calls itself the last paradise on earth,
has rejected independence in a referendu...
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One of the world's hottest music stars now wants a piece of the multibillion dollar video-game scene.Rapper 50 Cent's widely publicized troubled youth on the streets -- crime, jail, drugs and bulle...
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While vacationing tycoons and bikini-clad Hollywood superstars blissfully sipped drinks on the Maldives' secluded white beaches, an Islamic revolution fueled by preachers trained in Pakistan and th...
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This tiny spot in the South Pacific was one of the last places William Bligh, captain of the H.M.S. Bounty, visited before the infamous 1789 mutiny.
Bligh, set adrift along ...
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Bali, Indonesia (dpa) - The decisions of governments this month
would decide whether the world's islands are rendered a "lost
paradise" by global warming, the UN's top clima...
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