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...feathered arc of a doctorbird's tail, the spicy tang of jerked pork, the gray serenity of Blue Mountain mist. These are images and sensations from a particular place, a certain spot in the Caribbean that has been called "the Land of Wood and Water" by some and "The Land of Look Behind" by others. Columbus deemed it "the fairest island that eyes have beheld" and listed it as Yamaye in a log entry in 1493. The Indians who were the first inhabitants called it Xaymaica and other variations; Spanish invaders called the place "Santiago" but after the British took...
...Crimson of Harvard should contribute their crimson blood with more enthusiasm than the blue-bloods of Yale,” said Dershowitz, a graduate of Yale Law School. “As the winning school in every other way, we should make sure we’re more generous...
...suddenly, out of the blue, Harvard tallied three goals in the final 5:36 for a 3-1 victory. The offensive gave a crucial boost to the team’s collective confidence, which had been, until then, fraught with early-season struggles...
...would like to join can't meet the standard, so they are looking for other employment." Men who join Fiji's 3,000-strong military can double their meager salaries by serving with U.N. peacekeeping missions abroad. Some 600 are currently doing so, 134 of them in Iraq. Fijian blue helmets in the Sinai and Lebanon - where 36 were killed during a 24-year deployment - "were well regarded," says defense analyst Jim Rolfe, of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, in Hawaii. "But those commitments have wound down or ended, so you have a large pool of trained people...
...Blue Train accommodates up to 200 for day trips (tickets cost $65 and up) and up to 90 guests in its sleeping cars; individual cars can be rented and hooked up to other trains headed for various local and international destinations. Passengers can also be entertained for $260 per group by an actor impersonating the former communist leader?nothing like the Marshal himself to bring you back to the good old days...