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...style reached its sell-by date. But she lived to see the rediscovery of her between-the-wars work in the '70s and its acclaim by a new generation, before dying in Mexico in 1980. It's said her last wish was to have her ashes scattered in the crater of the volcano Popocat?petl?a fitting gesture to end a flamboyant life...
...more relevant to Indonesia's 235 million citizens is the country's halting economic progress. Megawati styles herself as a reformer and a champion of the wong cilik (little people), but Indonesia is only now climbing out of the crater caused by the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Its annual GDP growth rate has averaged an anemic 3.4% since 1999, compared with 6.5% for all other developing East Asian countries, according to the World Bank. Indonesia's rate is expected to rise to 4.8% this year, but David Nellor, Jakarta-based senior resident representative for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), believes...
...drawing in a breath of primordial dust to bring back to Earth for study. In the middle of last week, the Spirit rover--which bounced down on Mars at the beginning of the month--at last rolled off its landing ramp and onto the dry flats of Gusev Crater. As J.P.L. engineers radioed up instructions, the rover prepared to stick its snout in the soil and begin the hunt for signs of ancient water, and with it the hunt for clues to ancient life. Meanwhile, Spirit's sister rover, Opportunity, continues to head for its own landing on the planet...
...movie was actually filmed in Romania, with soldiers from the Romanian army filling in as extras. But nothing beats the real thing, and the visitor's center began offering well-attended tours of the Crater battle site the week after Christmas to coincide with the opening of the film. In the hour-long walking tour, visitors can see where the idea for the tunnel was hatched by Union soldiers as they looked across a railroad ravine at the entrenched Confederate troops. The opening to the 5 ft.-tall tunnel is still intact, and the crater is still there, although...
Most important, you can hear stories of the soldiers who fought and died there, including those of the black troops, who played a major role in the fighting. "U.S. Colored Troops figured into the Crater [battle] more than you would think if you saw the movie," says John Coski, historian at Richmond's Museum of the Confederacy. One black Union regiment was trained to lead the charge in the battle after the gunpowder exploded. The soldiers were specifically told not to run into the crater that would form from the explosion; instead, they were to go around the hole. Before...