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"Cajun" is a corruption of "Acadian," a region of Nova Scotia that was home to many French Canadians until they were expelled by the British in the 1750s and '60s. Many emigrated to Louisiana, then a French possession, where their language and culture withered, evolving into a kind of folk...
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, seeming almost taken by surprise as the vote neared, finally made a dramatic unity speech on Friday. But it may be too little, too late. The spectacle of the Canadian people coming from all over the continent to plead with Quebec to stay in the...
With its kinder, gentler approach, homeopathy quickly gained converts across the Continent. To this day it enjoys immense popularity in Germany, the Netherlands and France, where the nation's 23,000 pharmacies are required by law to supply homeopathic remedies. Homeopathy spread abroad as well. In Britain members of the...
No one would disagree, but, as Schaller knows, the comforting image of Siberia as the world's last pristine northern frontier also misses the mark. Kamchatka is but a tiny piece of Siberia, and elsewhere this continent-size region has been grievously wounded, and continues to be wounded today. "Let...
While the liquidation of forests preoccupies Siberia's south, the northern regions are obsessed with the dream of better transportation links to the outside world. In giant Yakutia, officials speak of the benefits of a sea route across the top of the continent that will open their territories. They long...