(Dargis)'LOST IN BEIJING' (No rating, 1 52, in Mandarin) A melodrama of sex and class in the sleek, bustling Chinese capital, directed by Lu Yi.
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Abuja's airplane house, as it has come to be known by its inhabitants and amazed passersby, has emerged haphazardly over the years as a rare triumph of architectural whimsy in this sleek, modernistic West African capital.
Mr. Walker is most certainly the first comptroller general to tool around the nation's capital with a sleek blue Jaguar with the vanity tag: "CG GAO".
Two years later, in dusty Shia villages just minutes from the sleek waterfront of Bahrain's capital, Manama, black religious banners and stencilled images of martyrs proclaim sullen resistance.Scholars see the return of sectarianism less as a revival of Islam's 1,400-year-old schism than as an outcome of failing modern states.
In interviews, Kelly describes a Toronto in transition from being a sleepy provincial capital to the sleek, sexy centre of the universe.
In interviews, Kelly describes a Toronto in transition from being a sleepy provincial capital to the sleek, sexy center of the universe.
Founders McGuffin and Roberts scouted the spot together, invested many sleepless nights into transforming its former office framework, and hosted punk shows and club events to raise the capital for a sleek finish.
The film launched Hepburn as a star, and Peck is at his sleek best, but it is the Italian capital that is the film's true star.
It was 5 37 on a subfreezing weekday evening in the dining capital of America, and in a sleek new Manhattan restaurant named At Vermilion, the staff of 26 had but one option before the dinner rush: to wait.
For more upscale fun, there is a smattering of techno clubs and trendy lounges that are as sleek as any you would find in any world capital.
