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This junkyard of high-tech effluvia is 7,500 ft. above sea level, occupying three acres of the Pajarito Plateau in northern New Mexico. The Jemez Mountains and the Sangre de Cristo range rise from the Rio Grande Valley, the gray-green slopes splashed with yellowing aspen. The incomparable clouds...
The drama chronicles the Texas Rangers' 11-day, 450-mile manhunt of Gregorio Cortez, a Mexican-American cowhand accused of killing a sheriff in 1901. Cortez was eventually captured and sentenced to 50 years in prison, though his attorney proved later that the confrontation and killing had been a mistake...
SWITZERLAND. Despite the country's expensive image, more and more Americans are heading for the Matterhorn. In 1982 there was a more than 15% leap in the number of nights spent by U.S. guests in Swiss hotels; a 10% jump is expected this year. Thanks to an inflation rate...
The three years of lycée are devoted to preparing for the baccalaureate exam, the nationwide test that determines at what level a student can enter the university. There is a bac given for each lycée track. The typical exam schedule involves ten hours of tests over...
At age eleven, French children face a decisive phase of their education. They enter what is called collège, and are considered to be in an "observation" cycle for two years. At the end of this period, teachers sort them into those who will get vocational training and those...