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...which residents look after one another. "If anyone is sick, someone will bring soup or provide a ride to the doctor or hospital," says Robinson, a retired elementary school principal. When North recently had cataract surgery, at least six neighbors called to see how they could help. At the Fort Myers-area village, 90 miles away, native Chicagoans Jill Schwartz, 61, and her partner of 29 years Annie O'Dowd, 74, were drawn by the promise of a good support system as much as the sunshine. "We were never activists," says Schwartz, a retired attorney. "We just find...
...south. Committed party animals who flock to North Goa have a wide choice of places to stay, starting from a few dollars a night. There are also some beautiful resort-style bungalows, such as the Taj Holiday Village, tel: (91-832) 247 9123, near the moated ruins of Fort Aguada and overlooking the mouth of the Mandovi River...
...survivalist. For cash, he allegedly became a backwoods pot farmer and enjoyed the fruits of his work, getting stoned and watching Cheech & Chong movies. He joined the Army in 1987 and was discharged 18 months later; investigators think he may have learned about firearms and explosives while stationed in Fort Benning, Ga. Two months before the Olympics bombing in Atlanta, he sold his childhood home for $65,000. The buyers discovered an underground hiding space in it; Rudolph had dubbed it "the root cellar...
DIED. JANET COLLINS, 86, elegant, electric prima ballerina for the Metropolitan Opera House, and the first black artist to perform at the Met; in Fort Worth, Texas. She won acclaim on Broadway in Cole Porter's 1950 musical Out of This World, and after her Met debut in 1951--four years before Marian Anderson's celebrated debut there--went on to principal roles in such operas as Aida and Carmen...
...been a challenge. Smaller airlines gain an advantage by flying direct and often using less congested secondary airports, like the one in Long Beach, Calif., where JetBlue, based at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, has established a big presence. Spirit, based in Miramar, Fla., uses Fort Lauderdale instead of Miami International Airport...