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Welsh travel writer Morris has described nearly every interesting place on the planet. Unique among them is Hav, the Levantine city-state she put on the map two decades ago with her first novel Last Letters from Hav - and which exists only in her mind. The author's word-portraits of Hav's picturesque streets and quaint customs made the place indelible in the annals of travel. Sadly, it was largely destroyed by foreign invaders in 1985 and rebuilt as an efficient, soulless resort destination. Morris' latest, perhaps most insightful book yet, titled simply Hav, helpfully reprints the entire...
...have a problem with the cash-for-waiver tactic either. From the get-go he wanted the Muncie force to be part of the new reality series because he felt it was good public relations."It was a nice way to showcase our training and put Muncie on the map," says Winkle...
Harvard researchers have created a genetic map that could serve as an “early warning system” for detecting drug resistance in a malaria-causing parasite. The results of the study, released Sunday in the advance online edition of the journal Nature Genetics, may help in the fight against Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly of the four parasites responsible for human malaria. The lead researcher, Dyann F. Wirth, who is also chair of the School of Public Health’s Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, said that the finding could help producers of malaria vaccines...
...both stores these days are looking to pull in more younger female customers. Walk into any newly remodeled JCPenney and behold a spiffy new map at the door to ease your shopping and a customer-service desk right at the entrance. Clothes are neatly grouped by lifestyle, trendy denim in one spot, work outfits in another. And they're labeled clearly, unlike in older stores. In early fall, Penney even sponsored the MTV Video Music Awards, running a series of live ads during the broadcast. It's a fairly radical move, given the store's uncool heritage...
...fact, Obama advisers have already started to map out the rough outlines of a presidential campaign. It would focus on what the Illinois Senator considers one of his key, if intangible, assets, his emphasis on hope. "I think what's going on is people are very hungry for something new; they are interested in being called to something larger," he told a throng of reporters in New Hampshire larger than those Kerry had well after he had won the nomination in 2004. "To some degree, I think I"m standing in for that desire...