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...More and more willy-nilly globalists can probably relate to some version of this theme-park ride, an experience we might as well enjoy since to our grandparents it would have seemed like wildest science fiction, and to our grandchildren it will probably seem quaint and slow-moving. Four nights of my week in the clouds I spend on planes, two of them on flights that last more than 15 hours. At dead of night, near the Himalayas, I wake up and enjoy a lunch made up of the cookies and sandwiches I stashed away in my carry...
...Then I also cope by keeping busy, and by being with other people. I can't travel as much as I once did, but almost every day one of our children or grandchildren comes by, or a friend, or even someone I've never met before. Over the years I've seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that...
...Close the door," shouts the lady sitting in front of me. One of her grandchildren quickly obliges and the metal-sheeted door is shut with a squeak. It is mid-day in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, but there is little activity on the usually bustling streets of the neighboring market. Ethiopian soldiers are busy rooting out alleged al-Qaeda terrorists and members of the Islamic Courts Union, which held sway over the city and most of the country until the end of 2006. At the smallest hint of trouble, the soldiers are quick to respond with bursts of gunfire...
...Boqueria, whose origins lie in an open-air market that began during the 13th century and which took its current position along the city's iconic Ramblas boulevard in 1840, embodies the city's sense of continuity. "I see people buying fish from my son who are the great-grandchildren of people who bought fish from my grandmother," says Manel Ripoll, president of the market's merchant association and a retired fishmonger. Though his children are the fifth generation to run the family stall, his grandmother might not recognize the Boqueria today. Fishmongers still dominate, but immigrants now run several...
...White House women's gathering after Eartha Kitt delivered a bitter anti-Administration protest. Elaborate state dinners often wound up with the liveliest late-hour dancing in official memory. What with the engagements and weddings of Daughters Lynda Bird Robb and Luci Nugent, and then the birth of Grandchildren Lyn and Lucinda, the family quarters and public rooms have rarely had such a workout...