Word: homesteads
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...flew to the U.S. for a visit. Even at this early date, Atta may have been planning an air attack. Sometime in spring 2000, Atta--now a clean-shaven cartoon version of an American in Tommy Hilfiger and heavy cologne--walked into a U.S. Department of Agriculture office in Homestead, Fla., and inquired about loans for buying crop dusters. The office doesn't offer such loans, and it turned him away...
...Chinhoyi were deserted. Many had been looted and pillaged by mobs acting with the blessing of President Robert Mugabe. Farm equipment, seed and fertilizer were stolen, and livestock killed or driven into the fields. "I feel as though I've been raped," said a Chinhoyi farmer, surveying his ruined homestead. Twenty-one white farmers who had rallied to the defense of a besieged neighbor spent 17 days in jail before being released on bail, charged with assaulting the invaders. In nearby farm areas, citizen-band radios were crackling with emergency security alerts as residents went on a virtual war footing...
Even better, some WYSIWYG programs are actually free. Most websites that give away home pages gratis, such as Homestead www.homestead.com and GeoCities www.geocities.com) supply you with WYSIWYG tools as part of the deal. These tools work entirely within your Web browser. Just go to the site, register for a free page, and the program starts up right there in the browser window. With Homestead, my favorite of the free services, you get the choice of building a page from scratch or choosing from a menu of prefab styles and templates. Personally I found their styles a little tacky ("Pastel Waves...
...what you pay for. The site I built using Homestead's software was functional, but frankly I find better-looking things between my teeth when I floss. In search of an upgrade, I tried some cheap, bare-bones shareware programs, but they were buggy and hard to use. Finally I picked up a couple of manly, high-end Web-building packages: Microsoft's FrontPage ($169) and NetObjects Fusion MX ($99). This is serious software aimed at small businesses that need a Web presence, rather than individuals who are building monuments to their self-esteem. I found both of them fairly...
...worth the trouble? You be the judge. The finished product is online at www.levgrossman.com If I had it to do over again, I'd probably stick with the infinitely easier and cheaper (though less aesthetically pleasing) Homestead. Or you can do what Wilford did: hire a professional...