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...time when he felt he wasn't reaching enough nonbelievers. Perhaps that's why the Left Behind books for the most part avoid overtly conservative political statements. There is little mention of homosexuality, and even as the Antichrist raises taxes, he orders pipelines installed to drain Alaskan oil (President Bush, take note). There is also a yuppie aspirational quality to the books, which are full of pretty people with cell phones and seats in first class. In other words, Left Behind serves those readers who are just as worried about being left behind in this life as in the next...
...Pacific Highway from South 139th Street to South 272nd Street that ran along the airport south of Seattle for about eight miles. The strip was lined with bars, strip clubs and motels that book rooms by the hour. In the early '80s the area drew a steady stream of Alaskan oilmen, off-duty sailors and local men in search of fleeting assignations. The women would stand out on the street waiting for customers, and during Seattle's frequent downpours, would take cover in bus shelters or convenience stores...
Bush blinked on the high-profile issue of Alaskan oil, choosing not to spend political capital to save a dying, unpopular bill. But he hasn't given up on the domestic exploration he thinks is needed to reduce American dependence on foreign oil. In recent months the Administration has approved plans to search for oil and gas at dozens of sites in the Lower 48 states. In January, it fast-tracked seismic exploration for oil and gas by 26-ton "thumper trucks" in Utah's Dome Plateau desert, a few miles from Arches National Park--until the Interior Department...
...line "This is Mike. He can't afford a bad night's sleep." Maureen Wilkinson, owner of Acorn Travel in River Forest, Ill., sharpened her sales pitch. "Are you uncomfortable leaving your family behind?" asked the ad. "Take them with you! Family reunions are great fun on an Alaskan Cruise...
...want to be a fake Japanese person." The group rarely uses English in their songs and resent accusations that they're just copying American hip-hop fashions. "We are not trying to pretend to be black people," says Yan, who sports a scraggly goatee and a tattoo of an Alaskan killer whale totem on his shoulder...