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...would never know that it's an oil giant. It's a country nearly paralyzed by an energy crisis. Everywhere, drivers sit in endless lines of cars, sometimes for days, to buy gasoline. Electricity comes and goes. Homes lack fuel for cooking. Iraq's oil industry, which in its heyday produced 3.5 million bbl. a day, now produces little more than 5% of that. Refineries operate at less than 30% of capacity. But the picture belies a deeper reality: Iraq is potentially the most important new player in the global oil market. Although each day brings fresh accounts of breakdowns...
Taking place in Rabagliati's native Quebec during the heyday of Queen and Supertramp, "Summer Job" begins with Paul, the author's alter-ego, having just quit school and suffering the tedium of working at a printing press. Artistically inclined, he had acquired a government grant to paint murals on the school walls, but a ruthless principal pulled him off the job due to low marks. Bored, directionless and angry, the last stroke comes when Paul's pet bird dies. Luckily an acquaintance calls to offer Paul a job as a counselor at a woodsy camp for underprivileged children...
Recreational-vehicle sales are booming, and the appeal of RVs is much broader than in their previous heyday, the free-wheelin' early '70s, when they earned a reputation as gas-gulping retirement homes. Today RVs are being bought--and rented--by a younger and more affluent crowd. At the same time, more and more baby boomers are reaching the age at which Americans traditionally buy RVs. Some owners see their RVs as escape vehicles in case of terrorism. Other, stressed-out families just want to vacation without the hassles and worries of air travel--and bring a little...
Once upon a time, in the days of kings and serfs, when justice was swift and arbitrary, the French prison system was the pride and fear of the world. But things have changed dramatically since the heyday of the Bastille. No longer can you find French prisoners stuffed away into dungeons in the bowels of weighty edifices. Even the French penal colonies of last century have withered away to nothing. The French prison has been in decay for years, and despite the embarrassment of recent days, there is no reason to think that French prisons will improve...
Other groups offer musical reviews, oral histories or improv, like the San Diego--based Late Bloomers, who perform at a local theater, charge for their performances and pay the actors. And there are groups that use the theater to tackle social issues relevant to the aging population. The Heyday Players, a troupe of 44 volunteer actors between their mid-50s and mid-80s who perform under the auspices of the Round House Theatre--in partnership with the Montgomery County, Md., Department of Health and Human Services--tackle such themes as alcohol abuse, bereavement, family relations and isolation...