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When on board H.M.S. Beagle, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin...
Kabila refers to Museveni as a "good friend" and speaks to him by satellite phone at least twice a week. "I love him," says Kabila. "We have always talked about the future of Africa and this problem of being a continent of beggars. We look to Rwanda, Uganda, Angola--and...
Meanwhile, Museveni delights in his new friendship with America, which long shunned him. "For the first time, Americans are working with African patriots," he says. "Before, the U.S. called us leftists. What did it mean? We were just fighting for independence." With Nelson Mandela's South Africa as an additional...
In fact, Striker said identification with her home continent was one of the main reasons she chose to leave Harvard for Cambridge.
Arguments about the ethics and common sense of such guided ascents had been wafting about the world's always contentious mountaineering community. No question: some clients were inept fools and a danger to everyone. Mountaineering was in danger of becoming an extreme sport for the rich, with gaudy adventure-travel...