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...second generation Italian immigrant whose father was a prominent dairy farmer, Consolini certainly never expected to go to Harvard, or to college...
...This ominous resurgence in military strength leads the Acehnese to view their future with increasing pessimism. With international monitors gone and human-rights activists too scared to do fieldwork, fresh atrocities are likely to go unreported. I asked an elderly rice farmer near Lhokseumawe for his view of Indonesia's military strategy in the province. "To wipe out all Acehnese people," he replied simply. Meanwhile, bereaved villagers in Peusangan are developing strategies of their own to deal with the unfolding horror. Clutching her prayer book, Ramla, the grieving mother of 18-year-old Khairurrazi, explained: "We pray, the whole family...
...concrete floor of their tiny kitchen, she cradled the object in her lap and twisted a screw. The explosion it triggered ripped Duaa's body in half, killed Duha, 3, and severely injured Saja, 8. "We thought we were safe because the bombs had stopped," says Jabar, 30, a farmer's wife. "My daughters were stolen from...
...talk frankly were the Yuhuan county officials. They thanked us for giving them an opportunity to enjoy such a lavish meal, showed off their new cell phones?"only $360 for this Motorola," said one, citing an amount equivalent to half a year's net income for a Yuhuan farmer?and began to disparage the panicked peasants in their charge. "Local farmers aren't very well educated," said Hu Hong, a director at Yuhuan's Foreign Affairs Office. "We cannot allow every peasant in this area to know the real SARS situation, because they just won't understand...
Putting plants and flowers inside pots has traditionally been the tactic of cooped-up urban dwellers, who have to rely on window boxes to express their inner farmer. But even people with proper backyards are now keeping their gardens contained. So-called container gardening is growing at almost 20% annually, twice the rate of gardening sales overall. Gardening in pots is popular because of its ease: a whole vegetable or flower garden can be designed and planted in an afternoon, and pots require less weeding than conventional flower beds. The pots are also coming in increasingly bold and varied styles...