Word: hillings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...once-cheap Spain gets more expensive each year, enjoyable vacations are still to be had at reasonable prices. Away from overpopulated, overpriced resorts like Torremolinos and Benidorm, the Mediterranean coast is full of inexpensive surprises. One unspoiled Almerian village is Mojácar, a dazzling white nest perched on a hill some two miles from the coast, commanding panoramic views of the sea, valley and mountains, with excellent beaches near by. It has two three-star hotels, the Mojácar and the Moresco ($25 for a double with bath). Dinner for two at several good restaurants should cost...
...Hanta Yo, Hill...
Analysis, which provides the basis for so many key decisions in American foreign policy, must be improved. At present, it is spotty: good in some areas, bad in others. A prominent consumer of CIA reports on Capitol Hill gives the agency an over-all grade of Cminus. The agency gets pretty good marks for its reporting on Russia and China, and it feels it has stayed on top of developments in turbulent Central America. In Iran, on the other hand, it was embarrassingly inept. Says Birch Bayh, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: "Technologically, it's unbelievable...
Cross the street, however, and you're into another world. If the Public Garden is the pinstripe, the Boston Common, originally set aside for cattle-grazing, is the shirtsleeves. Skateboards fly down the hill near the State House, children wade in the Frog Pond, pigeons wander where they please, and the Moonie troops hawk their religion on the sidewalk...
...that country eluded me. I lived on the land for a year and it was aloof. I became pregnant. I had strange dreams. I thought about death. I grubbed in the garden, fought blackberries, photographed the green river, sat on top of the hill and looked at the valley in the blinding, opaque Australian sunlight. The land looked back and never blinked. I felt free to roam the cleared fields, but at the edge of the bush I felt an emotional barrier: no humans wanted. The kookaburras cackled derisively, and I inagined how the original settlers must have felt...