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...Green Century" special issue [Special Report, Aug. 26]: I was born and raised in the tropical forests of Nigeria. I remember going to farm with my father during school vacations. How I loved the enchanting wildness of the forest--the giant trees that reached to the heavens; the antelopes, deer, pigs and monkeys; and especially the small waterfall that cascaded down through ancient rocks. It was as if all the birds of the earth went there to splash and drink fresh water. Some 15 years later, I went back to those roots. Alas! The land had been destroyed for slash...
Just like that, a sophomore was methodically carving up one of the nation’s best defenses, hitting holes like a fullback, scrambling like a deer and making high-percentage passes to take his team down the field...
...activities: Horseback riding; deer and turkey hunting in adjacent forest; Cave Run Lake Storytelling Festival, Sept...
...outposts of such big American firms as Motorola, Intel and Bristol-Myers Squibb--yet Dublin remains the gentlest of Europe's capitals. Sure, some venerable fish-and-chips shops are offering cappuccino alongside fried cod, and a few pub menus are substituting bruschetta for bacon and cabbage. But wild deer still lope through Phoenix Park, the largest city park in Europe, and the pub keepers still draw a Guinness with the reverence and ritual of a Japanese tea ceremony...
...Before he finally slipped into freedom via Hong Kong, Zhang survived for almost a year disguised as "Old Fourth Wang," a peasant farmer and fisherman in a remote border area. There, he planted rice, fished carp, hunted water deer and encountered a nation where lives remain rooted in nature and clan and authentic interactions between human beings. People knew his true identity, and didn't care. Zhang, in turn, came to admire his "kind and generous neighbors." The most remarkable passages in this memoir are those that explore this "unsanctioned" China. Part of the tragedy for Zhang and fellow exiles...