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...situation is not representative of its resources or the abilities of its people. Not so long ago, the country was known as the bread basket of Africa for its bounteous exports of corn and other staples to the rest of the continent. Being rich in minerals, the nation exports copper, platinum, gold and other metals. The workforce too is one of the most educated and talented in the region.Nor is the current crisis indicative of a greater regional trend. Neighboring countries, while not doing great, are still in much better shape than Zimbabwe. For instance, Zambia grew by 6 percent...
...asking me to recite the beginning of one of the poems to see if she could finish it. I proudly trotted out the third poem, in which the 7th century Kakinomoto no Hitomaro uses the metaphor of a mountain pheasant's dragging tail ("The long tail/ of the copper pheasant") to evoke the wistfulness of a long, lonely night. The elderly Mrs. Ueda picked up without hesitation on the third line - "drags on and on" - and ended the poem with a smile. In the moment that followed, we both felt the echo of words that nimbly and delightfully spanned generations...
...their bonus back into the town. This leaves plenty of cash for pet projects. In the village's central plaza oversized statues of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping gaze out at replicas of the U.S Capitol Building and France's Arc du Triomphe. Nearby, the world's largest copper bell tolls for good luck...
...training to 250,000 of their colleagues back home. The bill to the taxpayers? A relative bargain at $103 million. For its part, Playas owes its continued existence to the war on terrorism. It was built by Phelps Dodge Corp. in the 1970s to house employees of its nearby copper-smelting plant. But in 1999 the smelter closed and the town of 1,500 faced extinction. New Mexico Tech came to the rescue, buying the town and 1,200 acres around it for $5 million in 2004 and establishing the facility...
...suicide-bomber vest. Living in Playas has its challenges: six children in town are bused to Animas, 20 miles away, for school. It's 37 miles to the nearest supermarket, 85 miles to a two-screen movie theater. The town has a Baptist church and a bowling alley named Copper Pins, where beer and wine will go on sale next month for the first time. Resident Laine Vowell is asked, "You don't go nuts out here?" His answer: "Not at all. We visit a lot. Sunsets are beautiful. There are baby bobcats and other wildlife right in town...