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...CARRICK-A-REDE ROPE BRIDGE Once an even shakier bridge used by salmon fishermen to access a tiny island they used as a fishery, the now tourist-safe bridge, less than a kilometer from the harbor of Ballintoy, is a thrilling way to cross over a 25-m-deep chasm. From the island, gaze back toward the mainland at wave-carved cliffsides full of caves and natural archways...
...Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge Once an even shakier bridge used by salmon fishermen to access a tiny island they used as a fishery, the now tourist-safe bridge, less than a kilometer from the harbor of Ballintoy, is a thrilling way to cross over a 25-m-deep chasm. From the island, gaze back toward the mainland at wave-carved cliffsides full of caves and natural archways. Rathlin Island Some 9 km off the Irish coast and about 22 km from Scotland's Mull of Kintyre, this cliff-edged island is reachable by a 45-min. ferry ride from...
...opposite. They rushed to war in Iraq without adequate cause or preparation. This is not to say that military service is a requirement for leadership in time of war; neither Abraham Lincoln nor Franklin Roosevelt was a combat veteran. But for 50 years there has been a growing cultural chasm between the military and the rest of society. Those of us who haven't served have a special responsibility to listen to and try to understand those who have. The most common complaint I've heard from troops recently returned from Iraq is that Americans are oblivious to what soldiers...
...These tantalizing riches risk falling into the same chasm, however, as the unpaid billions owed to Russia by Saddam Hussein's regime, and other Moscow-backed rogue regimes. Russia risks ending up unpaid, friendless - and facing a volatile nuclear neighbor, connected to terrorist groups and armed with Russian weapons, right on her unstable southern border. Some return to glory, indeed...
...former television reporter, known around the White House as the only person besides Laura Bush who can tell the President he's wrong, now has the job of bridging the chasm between the U.S. and the Muslim world. Hughes, 49, spoke with TIME's Elaine Shannon and Jay Carney about how soccer and Oprah figure into her role as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy...