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With dozens of food vendors lining the banks of the Charles, and smells of fried dough, clam chowder and kettle corn wafting downriver, some students leapt at the chance to escape the dining hall...
...from a morning rain and the sunlight sparkled as it hit the water drops. I watched for a few moments as the branches shook and the shadows shifted. Then I reached up, grabbed a low-hanging branch, and gave it a tug. The lacy pattern of sunlight and shadow leapt and danced and the branch swung wildly. I think I could have stayed there pulling on that branch and watching those shadows dance until the sun went down. I liked playing with “Wave” and “Head Body Limbs...
...Char says that he walked about 50 meters behind Mao's lead group. About 30 minutes after leaving the camp, he says, he heard a gunshot. Soon came a fusillade of fire that he estimates lasted two minutes. Va Char says he leapt off the path and dived to the ground. He says he could hear the terrified screams of the young girls and persistent gunfire. Although grass and trees partially obscured his view of the scene, Va Char says he could make out what he estimates were 30 to 40 Lao soldiers standing in a loose circle and could...
...Blue Star Ferries run trips to Ano Koufonissi three times a week from Piraeus. Don't expect luxurious accommodation on the island, but there are clean and quaint pensions like Akrogiali, tel: (30-228) 507 1685, near the harbor. PORTO KATSIKI, LEFKADA According to ancient Greek lore, unrequited lovers leapt from the cliffs of Porto Katsiki to die in the turquoise waters below. These days visitors prefer to hike down the 80 steep and narrow steps carved into the rock to reach the sandy beach. The fishing villages of Nidri (which some claim to be the home of Homer...
...mother used to work there as a salesperson in the eighties," says Seward, "I knew the house quite well." By the time Seward broke into fashion, first as an assistant to Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel and later to Tom Ford at YSL, Azzaro's popularity had declined. But Seward leapt at the chance to join the house because, she says, "I knew the potential and glamour that Azzaro had. I knew this was the right moment for it." She had spent just a year as Azzaro's design assistant and produced a collection that impressed critics with its glamour when...