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...forts cannot be exported. The Rev. Hakluyt had imagined that the colonies "would yield unto us all the commodities of Europe, Africa and Asia." Perhaps the settlers would discover gold. All they found were a few semiprecious stones--garnets, amethysts, quartz crystals. Perhaps they could manufacture glass. One resupply ship brought eight German and Polish craftsmen. Most of them ran off to live with the Indians...
...made an enemy or two along the way. As the military man who understood the terrain and was the least likely to be missed if he didn't return, Smith was put in charge of seeking local tribes willing to swap corn, fish and game for English copper and glass beads. When one hard-pressed tribe balked at the corn-for-copper trade, Smith ordered his men to rake the village with shot and put the odd lodge to the torch. Terrified natives opened their granary to the armed trespassers, knowing that meant some of their own people would likely...
...night's beer supply. Heidi, a recent college graduate from Florida, wonders whether the war will eventually collapse on the Green Zone, the way it did on the U.S. embassy in Saigon. But she doesn't let that occupy her for long. Looking down at the empty glass in her hand, she smiles and says, "Let's do a shot...
...affordability. Meals of mixed starters, entrée and dessert can be comfortably had for under $30. Afterwards, guests can head to the champagne bar and enjoy the one Moroccan delicacy about which there is no debate in smoking-mad Indonesia: 12 flavors of imported tobacco, drawn through handblown glass shisha pipes. For reservations call...
That Harvard diploma may not be quite enough to break the glass ceiling, according to findings released this week by the American Association of University Women (AAUW...