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...spring of 1947 that the 31-year-old Arthur Miller heard the sweetest--and most profound--birdsong of his life. After a decade of struggle he had finally achieved a hit Broadway play, All My Sons, and with its proceeds bought a farm in Roxbury, Conn. Leaving his family behind in Brooklyn, he repaired to the country, built himself a cabin-studio (he was a great carpenter), settled down at a crude desk he had also fashioned and began writing. He had a first line for a new play in mind, and some thoughts about its tragic theme...
...Israeli officials made him a key Palestinian architect of the secret negotiations that produced the Oslo peace accord in 1993. Even Sharon, who denounced that deal, saw in Abbas a man he could do business with. Seven years ago, Sharon, who was then Infrastructure Minister, invited Abbas to Sycamores Farm, his ranch in the Negev desert. Abbas was the first P.L.O. official Sharon ever...
Long a target for budget hawks, farm subsidies are facing a 5% cut under Bush's plan. But farmers are a powerful constituency in the red states. Because the Senate, apportioned by states rather than population, is skewed toward rural interests, the President will face an uphill battle to put these sacred cows on a diet...
...CHARD FARM Established in 1987, Chard Farm, tel: (64-3) 442 6110, is one of the oldest wineries in the Central Otago region, and its Finla Mor Pinot Noir 2002 is one of the best we have tasted. Fragrant and full bodied, it has a warm, generous palate with concentrated fruit flavors and a long finish. Order it online, for $23 a bottle, at www.chardfarm.co.nz...
...foods, caffeine and alcohol are flushed from the system. The good news is that detox programs get easier after the initial shock. "What was strange was that there was no hunger at all," says Kurt Thompson, a Seoul-based marketing-research manager, of his weight-loss vacation at the Farm?a health retreat in the Philippines' lush Batangas province. The self-confessed "300-pound man mountain" shed 12 pounds (5.4 kg) thanks to "green juices and cleansing drinks, along with massages and lots of natural supplements." The absence of temptation was also a big help. "These days there...