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...Antonio, the closest town to the house where we stayed, is fairly depressed. The fifth largest city in the island nation, it was once a major West Indies port, a key stop on the banana trade route. The few central streets are lined with small stores, but on hot, humid, Languid days, most of the town's activity takes place in a bustling indoor-outdoor marketplace. Outside, stands offer groceries and producer. Inside, the market is divided into two areas, in one, Jamaicans purchase clothing and choose from among rows upon rows of shoes. In the other, tourists barter with...
...BOTTOM LINE: In this humid version of Marguerite Duras's memoir, the most dangerous part of sex is love...
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...weather in New England can get a bad rap. yes, there was a hurricane last year. Yes, temperatures can reach the high nineties. And yes, it can get very, very humid--almost stifling. But most evenings and mornings, the weather is pleasant. A fan will cool off a bedroom, classroom or office. It the heat gets too oppressive, there is an easy antidote--water...
Indoor pollution can play a powerful role in urban settings. Many city dwellers live in damp, humid apartments where cockroaches and mold spores as well as dust mites can trigger allergic responses. Even if these people realize that such conditions are conducive to asthma, they may not be able to change their circumstances...