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Byline: Christopher Dickey; With Vivian Salama In Dubai and Nick Summers in New York
In her classic account of World War I, Barbara Tuchman sets the scene for the passing of the prewar era with a vision of epochal pomp, the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII. Nine monarchs rode in the procession and the pageantry evoked "gasps of admiration," wrote Tuchman. But when it was over, one British peer reflected that "all the old buoys which have marked the channel of our lives seem to have been swept away."
In Dubai last month, a very different kind of pageant was held, but if Tuchman were still around she'd have been taking notes. This triumph was billed ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Is Dubai's Party Over?(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(City...