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...other cyclist is my friend Christian Ward, 55, a New York City writer. This brave--and economical--lone traveler took his bike, loaded with 60 lbs. of camping gear, by train to Rutland, Vt. Studying his map, he calculated that he could ride the 45 miles to his destination that night. But his map did not show a little local landmark known as Sherburne Pass. After a few miles of steady climbing, he rested and asked a trucker where it leveled off. The answer: After 12 more miles. Ward considered turning back--often. But he pressed on, pushing the bike...
Upon being released from his battered compound in Ramallah, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat denounced the Israelis as “terrorists, Nazis and racists.” This remark—equating Israel’s brave defenders with the followers of Hitler—was shockingly offensive, yet it sparked relatively little controversy in the international press. Perhaps, though, this shouldn’t be surprising: Arafat has, after all, historically nurtured an entire generation of Palestinian schoolchildren to hate the people he labels “Judeo-Nazis...
...cosmopolitan ambition that lands the dinner menu in its utopian troubles. The eight entrées alone strive to represent Middle Eastern, Asian, Southern and Mediterranean influences. Elsewhere, the round-the-world tour continues with Caribbean appetizers, French cheeses and Indian desserts. In the Blue Room’s brave new world, Asian vegetables with soba noodles, ginger, soy and sesame ($17) can turn up next to braised lamb shank with dates and almonds, couscous and harissa ($22). This is not mere “American eclectic” or “world fusion...
...hearings for an antipornography civil rights law she inspired, "they are watching me being raped." But survivors of sexual abuse everywhere broke silence because she had. From forced "sex freak of the '70s," she became a beacon of resistance and hope?and changed the debate on pornography forever. Brave, gentle, miraculously resilient and valiant beyond words, Linda never accepted that her violation was constitutionally protected as was her violators' speech. "Why," she asked me, "do pimps' rights matter and mine don't?" Having survived so much and fought so hard, she died without an answer...
...newly concluded Milan furniture fair, is the most important event on the design calendar. Each year 175,000 people flock to the streets of Italy's commercial capital to see the new wares on offer by 1,600 companies. Navigating the Milan fair is no easy feat, and the brave first-time visitor who comes without an experienced guide is likely to be overwhelmed by the vastness of it all. There's the trade show bit, hundreds of booths in the Milan convention center, the Fiera. There are the cocktails, held each night at various showrooms around town so that...