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...still hotly debated, though most historians believe it was suicide.) A month after Lewis' death, in a remarkable letter published in May in James Holmberg's Dear Brother: Letters of William Clark to Jonathan Clark, William wrote that, in his final delirium, Lewis would apparently conceive "that he herd me Comeing on, and Said that he was certain [I would] over take him, that I had herd of his Situation and would Come to his releaf...
...their survival as distinct peoples. At the Boys and Girls Club on Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota, the posters read TRADITION, NOT ADDICTION. At an Indian Health Service clinic in Mobridge, S.D., teenage methamphetamine users are introduced to the sweat lodge. The Cheyenne River Sioux run a herd of more than 2,000 buffalo and distribute meat to tribe members, while the Lower Brule Sioux are planning a buffalo museum...
...inflation is low too, so your real return is richer than it looks. Even when bonds yielded 8% in the early 1990s, their return after inflation was under the 3.2% you can net on today's 4.8% bonds (see chart). That's why you shouldn't join the herd of investors stampeding into high-yield--or junk-bond--funds; so far this year, the public has poured $9 billion into these buckets of risky corporate debt, nearly half as much as the money attracted by all stock funds combined last year. And I wouldn't get within spitting distance...
...Ready for his lunch, Jiang sits up and casually unbuttons his sweaty, gray shirt, unself-conscious after years of on-set wardrobe changes. His assistant hands him a fresh shirt?navy blue printed with a herd of fierce, red, glaring bulls. "Ever had horse meat?" he asks as the waitress delivers a plate of blood red sashimi. He clenches a fist and then grips his tensed forearm, adopting the tone of an older, more experienced brother. "It makes you strong...
...wealth of rare desert animals, including the Arabian oryx, a white antelope with long spiral horns and distinctive black markings. Special kidneys allow the oryx to survive long periods of time without water. By 1972, however, oryx in the wild were hunted almost to extinction, but a new herd, bred in captivity, is slowly being reintroduced to two desert areas. The Central Area Wildlife Reserve has been closed to the public for the past 25 years, but is now opened to limited official tours; browse www.discoveryinitiatives.com/oman.asp....