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Nowadays, Le Cap d'Agde is the nudist community in Southern France, with something for everyone. There are families with young children, large numbers of bronzed retirees, lots of elderly folk (with no handicap access to the beaches, one naked octogenarian regularly makes the rounds with his walker) and representatives of every age group in between. Everyone has a different reason for coming here. "There is more finesse, a bit more je ne sais quoi, to French naturism," a well-tanned Austrian in his 60s tells me as he prepares for another day on the sandy "nudism obligatory" beach, where...
...contrast, the studies found, minivan drivers tend to be God-fearing community-oriented folk, who like the interior of their vehicle to remind them of being in the womb. They're resigned to being parents rather than sexual predators, and are more likely to be at a religious service or doing volunteer work when their SUV counterparts are dining at fine restaurants, cruising nightclubs or working...
With the pols shelved, enter the regular folk whose stories will be used to trumpet the Bush agenda. As one aide-de-Dubya put it, the emphasis is on "nontraditional groups," i.e., "lots of women, lots of minorities." The first night will feature students from the mostly Hispanic KIPP Academy, a Houston charter school that Bush frequently touts. Finally, there's the entertainment. Instead of the usual G.O.P. country-and-western fare, planners have suggested trying to land Ricky Martin or the Backstreet Boys. It sort of makes one long for the Old Kind of Republican...
After 8 p.m., the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra performed several patriotic classics such as "America the Beautiful" and "God Bless America," and folk singer Don McClean sang his trademark tune "American...
Like all long-term NPR folk, they don't care a lot about money. In 1973, Tom, sick of engineering for major corporations, quit his job and opened a do-it-yourself garage with his tinkering younger sibling, then a frustrated high school teacher. A few years later they were invited to be on a panel of mechanics on a local radio program; they soon had their own show. The brothers have been offered lucrative deals on commercial radio stations but turned them down because they seemed like a lot more work. "Most people have overestimated how much money they...