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...begin by taking the 6:15 a.m. train from Cuzco station, lumbering past the Mount Veronica glacier, small farming communities and colorfully attired Peruvian women selling their wares at the trackside. The disembarkation point comes 104 km down the line. There is no station there, merely an arrow indicating the way to the trailhead across the Urubamba River. Entrepreneurial locals sell $3 walking sticks carved from tree branches-and you'll need them, because you're in for a roughly six-hour rainforest trek...
...weaponry was turned down by the Reagan Administration as politically too risky. Leaders of other moderate Arab states, who live in daily fear of the brand of radical Islamic fundamentalism that Iran is sworn to export, were appalled that Washington would consider giving so much as a bow and arrow to Tehran. Last week, in an interview with the semiofficial Cairo daily Al Ahram, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak predicted that the arms deal will lead to "grave consequences" in the Middle East...
...Nissan by a friend of Ownby's quickly led police to Kirkwood. On Thursday, Devlin who had just returned from what he said were a couple of days off due to illness, had been chatting up a visiting police captain, talking about how to use a bow and arrow to fish. "He was just as calm as can be," says Michael Prosperi, Devlin's employer. By Friday, however, Devlin had been called in for questioning. Just about when that happened, Prosperi said Imo's got a call from Devlin's apartment. Prosperi called back and a boy answered...
...Zero Arrow Theatre, a venue that, with its neon sign and clean hallways, hardly resembles a cellar, Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione—better known as The Dresden Dolls—are going for a similar effect...
That same evening, Roll brought Almeida and his wife to the basement of 12 Arrow St., where he had been spending his days preparing Lame Duck Books for its opening. There were still boxes everywhere, he recalled yesterday, some filled with old, rare books, and others with champagne that had been delivered in advance of the grand opening celebration...