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...first year of operation, the United States Post Office inaugurated one of the hardiest of American traditions by reporting to President Washington a deficit of $40. That's the way it was two hundred years ago, and that's the way it is today. Only the figures have changed: in the last five years, the Postal Service has lost some $1.8 billion, and it expects to lose that much more this year alone, despite last month's rate increase, which averaged 26% on all classes of mail...
...hardiest old man in the Balkans has been living it up of late with roistering high spirits. In one typical week last month, he took in a performance of Tosca at the Belgrade opera, repairing afterward to the Tri Sesira (Three Hats) Restaurant for drinking and feasting until 2 a.m. Then he drove to the mountain resort of Zlatibor, where he joined in the kolo, a lively folk dance, made some speeches and visited local officials. Next morning he was host at an annual hunt for foreign diplomats at the former royal lodge of Karadjordjevo. He spurned the pursuit...
Risk Trippers. In Michigan, last year nearly 20 million vacationers visited the 78 state parks, and three enormous national forests were saturated with summer visitors. But solitude could be found on any of several state-owned islands on Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. Only the hardiest souls venture on the island expeditions organized by Paul Risk, a prominent outdoorsman whose wilderness-survival courses at Michigan State University draw capacity enrollment. Risk trippers are allowed to take only a blanket, sleeping gear, two candy and two meat bars. One survivor recalls that last year an eleven-member expedition to Garden Island...
...become Governor without benefit of her husband's coattails, is a symbol of the growing numbers of women who seek and win elective office. Optimists may be an endangered species, but news like this keeps them from becoming extinct. Political Analyst Ben Wattenberg (The Real America), among the hardiest of the species, argues that Americans are "a tough-minded, wise, shrewd people. They've coped with assassination, an awful Viet Nam War, city riots, political scandal and all the while made an enormous amount of material and attitudinal progress, i.e., in the women's field and civil...
...Kyona and Ibo beaches-the only ones anywhere near the capital city-have limited facilities. In addition, they are a spine-snapping one-hour trip from Port-au-Prince over roads that are hopelessly rutted and potholed. In fact, Haiti's poor roads virtually confine all but the hardiest tourists to the capital city and its environs...