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...supply. The resulting map provided a founding case study for epidemiology. But as readers of previous books by Johnson might expect - among them Mind Wide Open and last year's defense of popular culture, Everything Bad Is Good For You - the author has also chosen his subject for the light it can shine into other corners...
There's precious little light in Iceland during the winter, which makes the upper latitudes ideal for viewing the northern lights--especially on New Year's Eve. In Reykjavík, Icelanders gather around dozens of massive bonfires to sing traditional folk songs accompanied, according to local legend, by trolls, fairies and elves. (Iceland's Tourist Board claims that 80% of Icelanders believe in little beings.) At midnight the city explodes in a massive fireworks display. The dancing and partying that follow last until the sun comes up, which in Iceland is at about lunchtime...
...light of the debates that continue to swirl both in Tehran and Washington over whether to talk to each other, it may not have been the last...
...Fujimoto lives in a San Diego retirement home that, he says, âreminds me of my days in Leverett.â âTiny rooms, light housekeeping, small tables. The average age is 86, which is the same as the average age of my classmates from Harvard. Itâs a lot like coming home...
After calling for silence while he answered his cell phone, a still light-hearted Gillis reported his last-place finish to the crowd of around 40 people...