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...Klamath River winds down over the Oregon border into the deep green wilderness of Siskiyou County in northern California, bringing with it the finest steelhead and salmon fishing in the West. Rugged hills jut up from its banks, shadowed by towering trees. In the valleys beyond lie sparkling blue streams and half a dozen clear lakes. Not a single country house mars the virgin beauty of this vast territory. Yet it is the personal playground of some 2,500 nature lovers...
CAPD's secret? The wastes are filtered out not by the kidneys or a man-made substitute, but by another part of the body: the thin membrane lining the abdominal, or peritoneal, cavity and covering the organs that jut into it, including the stomach, liver, spleen and intestines, as well as the kidneys. To make this area accessible, doctors cut a small permanent opening just below the navel, then implant a tube that leads through the peritoneal membrane and into the cavity itself...
...Boulez himself introduced his Espace, which seats only about 400. The ceiling can be raised or lowered drastically. But the most riveting feature is the walls, which consist entirely of accoustical panels grouped in blocks of three. A whole wall can be flat, or any triad of panels can jut out, changing the sound. In fact they can all move at once. This phenomenon clearly had more impact than Boulez intended. The room seemed to sway, and a wail like a sea storm turned the Espace briefly into a heaving ship. Annoyed, Boulez turned quickly to four more practical demonstrations...
...studying a store to see what departments should be close together-for instance, jewelry and leather goods, which appeal to high spenders. Then he figures out how people should walk through a given floor. To influence them, he often replaces the conventional long lines of counters with displays that jut into the corridors. These "islands" give shoppers a visual sample of the goods for sale just around the corner. The aim is to bombard customers with subtle enticements to explore the store-and buy more goods. When successful, says Walker, "shopping becomes entertainment, and the store becomes both theater...
...Douglas Smith, 57, does not easily change his mind. The eleven-year history of renegade white rule in Rhodesia stands as testament to his stubbornness. It was the jut-jawed Smith who, in 1965, led the self-governing British colony into making a unilateral declaration of independence in order to block London's intention of bringing about black majority rule. In the years that followed, Smith led white Rhodesia's dukes-up resistance to international pressure for change. But it was Smith, too, who finally agreed to accept reality. His epochal meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Henry...