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...forests, deep and dangerous as they were, also defined existence. Wood kindled forges and kept alive the hearths of the mud-and-thatch huts of the serfs. Peasants fattened their hogs on forest acorns (pork was crucial to basic subsistence in the cold of winter), and wild berries helped supplement the meager diet. In a world without sugar, honey from forest swarms provided the only sweetness for food or drink. The pleasures of the serfs were few and simple: earthy lovemaking and occasional dances and fests...
CAPTAIN ROBERT SINGH never tired of walking in the forest with his little son Toby. It was, of course, a tamed and gentle forest, guaranteed to be free of dangerous animals, but it made an exciting contrast to the rolling sand dunes of their last environment in the Saudi desert -- and the one before that, on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. But when the Skylift Service had moved the house this time, something had gone wrong with the food-recycling system. Though the electronic menus had fail-safe backups, there had been a curious metallic taste to some...
...children, who will have to divide their loyalties and love among stepmothers, birth mothers, biological fathers and ex- stepparents. An entire new body of case law will unfold as courts try to settle complex custody disputes and determine where a child's best interest may lie in a forest of hyphenated relatives...
...group is trudging along a pathway through the forest, looking something like an extended family on vacation: small children, teenagers, middle-agers and older people. But when the walkers suddenly emerge in a wide meadow, it is clear that something strange is happening. On one side of the clearing stands the gray-clad army of Robert E. Lee, and on the other the dark blue-uniformed infantry serving under George Meade. As the hikers stand and watch, bugles sound, guns begin to fire and the battle of Gettysburg is under...
Though that message was obviously meant to appeal to Western voters, Bush may have miscalculated its effect. While he was applauded by the region's timber workers, many other Westerners realize that the issue of preserving the remaining fragments of old-growth forest is more complex than owls vs. lumberjacks. George Atiyeh, a former timberman and fourth-generation Oregonian, left the business after watching what clear-cuts have done to the Oregon landscape. "Either my eyes were lying, or I was kidding myself about logging being sustainable," he says. From the air, Oregon's national forests look far worse than...