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...through the long inlets (voes), you feel a bit like a Viking yourself. Shetland is one of the best places in the world to see an abundance of seals and otters, and you can view them at an astonishingly close range. The latter, especially, thrive in waters off the barren coastline, which is rich in fish. A cloudy day is one of the best times to go otter watching...
...stopped to watch as the American aircraft circled his village and the mist settled to earth. "It smelled sweet, like ripe guava," he recalls. It was a routine repeated every morning for a year, and soon the village got used to it?just as they got used to a barren landscape, with tree leaves turning black and branches withering...
...weeks every year, Mecca becomes the most crowded city on earth. Set in a small valley surrounded by barren hills, the town lives on one trade, as reflected in an old local saying: "We sow no wheat or sorghum, the pilgrims are our crops." Scores of languages can be heard, and a multiplicity of cuisines is available: Arab, Indonesian, Turkish, Indian, Pakistani, Lebanese...
...just a ploy to appeal to human sentiment.” Other comments bothered me because of their flagrant inaccuracy. I joined the demonstrators in trying to dispel some of these myths. No—nobody here supports suicide bombings. No—Palestinian territory was not a barren desert wasteland before Israel conquered it in 1967. No—the Palestinian cause is not about destroying Israel; it’s about human rights, self-determination and an end to an illegal occupation...
...TRADING PLACES How far did Enron go to misrepresent its business? According to the Wall Street Journal, Enron in 1998 asked 75 people, from secretaries to sales reps, to relocate to an otherwise barren trading floor and pretend to buy and sell energy contracts to impress visiting Wall Street analysts. As the analysts trooped through, the Enron employees, who had hurriedly outfitted their new work spaces with family photos and other personal items, conducted fake phone conversations and tried to appear busy. When the tour ended, former CEO Ken Lay reportedly returned to compliment the employees on their performance...