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...laptop and jewelry. Ngugi thinks the attack was politically motivated, the work of Moi supporters who believe Wizard of the Crow's despicable despot is based on the former President. (In fact, he's a mix of infamous dictators: a touch of Moi, a pinch of Mobutu, a dash of Pinochet.) The men were eventually caught, and now Ngugi only goes back to attend their trial. Yet he still hopes to move back one day. He's comforted by the support of his fellow Kenyans. "They come up close to us on the street and start apologizing," he says...
...much too busy to catch Lassie as she limps homeward one more time this weekend - especially since we have been given to understand that Peter O'Toole is not playing the dog. This does not mean, though, that we are insensible to the demand for instant nostalgia, with a dash of instant analysis thrown...
...figured, high cheekbones and almond eyes probably showed evidence of native-Andean blood. The aquiline profiles and curly hair on my mother's side, on the other hand, are common on Mediterranean shores. My best guess: I was mostly European, a bit of native South American and perhaps a dash of Middle Eastern. But like most other people who do this sort of thing, I also secretly hoped I would be related to an American Indian tribe with a lucrative casino operation. Anything that would justify the tests on my next expense account...
Camped mainly around the pacific coast and in the regions of rich soils that feed them, modern Australians have left their land mass largely untouched. The great era of exploration, apart from the dash for minerals, has passed. Most travelers see red earth and desert outpost from 35,000ft., if at all. Nevertheless, the open road still rewards the curious and those with time enough to appreciate its majesty. The sheer length of the national highway, its obstinate sameness, means the journey can be a lonely and humbling experience, especially so for those in a hurry. So slow down, take...
...ancient seabed stretching 700 km from South Australia's Head of the Bight west to Balladonia. Nullarbor translates as "no trees" in Latin, and for the moment the truckers are without a clue. "Usually when there's a fault, a series of codes will flash up on the dash, but that's not coming up," Schneider says. "You just have to try and eliminate all the possibilities...