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...Ross was a Warrant Machinist on the U.S.S. Nevada in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the day the Japanese bombed the American fleet and triggered World War II. Ross' valor, commemorated on homeofheroes.com, is the stuff of movie legend. (He did survive, regain his sight and marry his girlfriend.) But Hollywood didn't rush to make a stirring drama from his story, or from any aspect of that awful day in Hawaii (though the following year John Ford did direct a documentary, December 7th, that got limited release in theaters). Dec. 7, 1941, was a day that would live...
...Pearl, a well-known but out-of-the-way dim sum spot. We didn't know how long it would take to get there by foot, or what the best route was, but the S1 sorted it out for us. As we began walking, it guided us towards the harbor, then over onto Hastings St., one of the city's main drags. The screen showed we had a 45-minute walk ahead, so I turned off the slender device, about the size of a man's wallet, and put it into my pocket...
...Once there, you have two choices: steer left for the Paralia - a strip of seaside nightclubs and famous bouzoukia (clubs with live Greek music). Or veer right, as I would, toward the Peace and Friendship Stadium. From there, walk half a mile to discover Greece's most picturesque small harbor, Mikrolimano. Then, visit the Dourambeis restaurant for a dinner of fresh fish and luxurious salads...
...banging against the boats, and their blood turns the water red. On the deck of one boat, Sevilla, clearly delighted, whips out his mobile phone and calls in the day's estimated catch to his managers in Barbate, so that they can negotiate with Japanese buyers waiting in the harbor. The fishermen whoop in delight as cranes hoist their catch onto the boats. "This is our best day this year," says one, adding: "You brought us luck." Some version of that scene has been going on for thousands of years in and around the Mediterranean Sea. Fishermen on Spain...
...Indian epics are full of royal heads who loved and cared for their subjects more than for their family members, but alas such benevolence is rare these days. Indians can only dream of a leader like King Bhumibol who could steer the ship of state to a safe harbor rather than sailing into storms of selfish politicians and running aground on the rocky shore. Arvind A. Choudhari Belfast...