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...these small patches of sacred territory ? where the living and the dead still walk together." But Ackroyd missed, as have many others, the very best example. If it were possible to walk with the dead, then who better to take as companions than Thomas à Becket; Pope Adrian IV, the only Englishman to occupy the papal chair; and Walter de Merton, the founder of Merton College, Oxford? At the site of London's Merton Priory, one can walk with kings, queens, Simon de Montfort, William Morris and even Lord Nelson. Services are still held annually in the Chapter House remains...
...Chaoyang Hospital. To many Chinese patients, antibiotics are silver bullets: a cure for everything from skin infections to life-threatening lung ailments; and if a little is good, then more must be better?especially if you can get dosed directly through an intravenous line. "They say, 'I want an IV,' and they'll fight with you when you refuse it," says Tong. "Doctors often feel like they don't have any time to argue, so they just say, 'Fine, if this is what you want, I'll give...
...roofed bungalows and a common area nestled among pandanus and coconut palms. From the outset, Burling's guests were foreigners on surfing holidays. No Tongans surfed at the time - though, for some, their curiosity had been pricked by a 1967 photograph of their (present) monarch, King Taufa'ahau Topou IV, riding a tiny wave for the purposes of a magazine shoot. A hulking figure in black trunks, the King is perched on a board given to him by the legendary Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku, widely acknowledged as the father of surfing. Burling had a copy of the photo enlarged...
...complications from diabetes; in Covington, La. He took the Kansas City Chiefs to the first Super Bowl, where the upstart AFL champs were trounced by the mighty Green Bay Packers. Three years later, he led the Chiefs to an upset victory over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV, helping to cement the legitimacy of the fledgling...
...anxiety. In the most difficult moments of his presidency, nothing brought him more refreshment and repose than immersing himself in a play. The manager of Grover's Theatre in Washington estimated that Lincoln had come "more than a hundred times" during his presidency. During a performance of Henry IV, one of his assistants observed, "He has forgotten the war. He has forgotten Congress. He is out of politics. He is living in Prince Hal's time...