Word: islanders
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...island nation with few natural resources, Japan can't afford to be profligate. That means it has something to teach other nations. The country is one of the most energy-efficient industrial countries in the world, and some of Japan's leading companies, such as Toyota and Sharp, are known for technologies that foster greener lifestyles. A conservation mind-set is ingrained into Japanese people from birth, and is apparent in little ways throughout society. Ten years ago, when I first visited Kyoto, I was shocked that public restrooms had no soap, no dispenser full of paper towels - sometimes...
...emotions teenagers feel when they're about to embark on an adventure-without their parents-that some 40 students from Elim Christian College in Auckland, New Zealand assembled on Sunday morning. Their school-holiday excursion entailed a five-hour bus ride to an outdoor center in the Central North Island, where they were to spend five days bonding with one another, developing their leadership skills and having...
...relaxation—in other words, Spring Break ‘08, WHOO! Our tans have already faded, and we’ve already forgotten most of the inside jokes that inspired the captions in our facebook albums. But one phenomenon that frequently characterizes both European tourism and island vacations seems to have followed us back to Cambridge—or rather, our adventures abroad have alerted us to a reality that always existed at home. The overpriced foreign restaurants that frequently lure hungry, naive, unsuspecting tourists have morphed into familiar Harvard Square landmarks that lure hungry, naive, unsuspecting undergrads...
...spent her high school years on a small island in Washington, taking advanced classes in philosophy and visiting coffee shops in Seattle. "She was a very intelligent, quiet girl, interested in her friendships and current events," remembers Maxine Box, a close high school friend. Both girls assumed they would go to college and pursue careers. "She wasn't particularly interested in children or in getting married," Box says. Although Stanley was accepted early by the University of Chicago, her father wouldn't let her go. She was too young to be off on her own, he said, unaware, as fathers...
...barred battle against Thailand's drug dealers, a fight that echoes a previous campaign by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the man widely considered to be Samak's political overlord. Samak has even vowed to imprison illegal immigrants who are members of a Burmese minority group on a deserted island if they insist on fleeing to Thailand because of alleged human-rights abuses back home. But this week, Samak found a new enemy: Thai fortuneteller Varin Buaviratlert, who predicted last Friday that the current government would crumble before the end of the year...