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...hunt them in the early morning," says Seth, a 21-year-old swamp tour guide and reformed poacher who asked that his real name not be used for fear of jeopardizing the future career he hopes to have with the forest service. "We would leave a piece of red cloth near the roots of the mangroves," he said, where the ibis feeds on crabs, from whose shells they get the carotenes that turn their feathers scarlet. "They think they see their friend down there and they follow," explains Seth, who would have been lying in wait with a shotgun...
Four weeks, four pairs of hands, and 80 yards of cloth later, 50 costumes for the Lowell House Opera’s (LHO) “Turandot” are finally ready for the main stage.Beginning March 5 and running through the 15th, LHO will perform Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot” in honor of the 150th anniversary of the maestro’s birth. The opera, set in legendary Peking, focuses on a suitor named Calaf, who must answer the three riddles of the enchanting but cruel princess Turandot to win her hand...
Driven from their prosperous village, Ahmed and his tribesmen now huddle under crude shelters made from tree branches and strips of cloth and tarpaulin, so destitute they don't even have enough glasses to share in the ritual tea offered to visitors. Ahmed says his people, as Arabs, get no international sympathy. "Even these [relief agencies], they came here with the idea that we are criminals," he says. "Everyone thinks we are criminals, so they do not help." He insists his village never took up arms against its aggressors, but the conspicuous absence of young men in his group suggests...
...Taring Padi (the name means "Fangs of the Rice Plant") has produced thousands of banners and posters, mostly by hand. Until the group cobbled together enough money to buy a printing press recently, all works were etched into wood and covered with ink, then manually stamped onto cloth or paper...
Relations with the U.S. already are excellent, largely because she and President Reagan are cut from the same ideo logical cloth. "She's tough and smart" marvels Secretary of State George Shultz. "She's a great and determined lady who's shown us what leadership is all about " Shultz could not resist adding: "If I were married to her, I'd be sure to have dinner ready when she got home...