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...Once hailed by visitors as the "Bride of the Mediterranean," Tripoli has seen better days. The city is in desperate need of a paint job, if not a face-lift. Still, underneath the neglect spawned by three decades of socialism and eight years of sanctions, there's still plenty of evidence of an unmistakably beautiful city...
...after quick bows and goodbyes, DeKalb's sheriff-elect headed home alone in a rented white sedan. The drive was less than two miles; the destination, a neighborhood of older brick ranches and split-levels built before two-car garages came into style. The Browns' house, with Mediterranean arches along its front walk and gun-metal blue trim, is among the nicest on the block. It has a narrow front yard and a paved driveway. Derwin and Phyllis Brown's son, Robert, 18, looked out a front window to see his father, who had parked in the street, walking...
...also provides a base for exploring the Mediterranean, lower Alps and Provencal countryside. Retirees flock to Aix in part because of the pleasant climate but also because there are two hospitals and 23 medical centers. There are also 10 tennis clubs, five golf courses and eight riding stables in the vicinity, as well as the recently renovated Thermes Sextius spa, located above the excavated foundation of the old Roman baths. An "olive-tree route" guides visitors to mills and presses at some of the area's 5,435 olive producers...
...Foods of the Greek Islands: Cooking and Culture at the Crossroads Of the Mediterranean by Aglaia Kremezi (Houghton Mifflin...
...life of its own, and it does not listen to Arafat. A new generation has come up, passionately ready for the combat its elders had wearied of. Hamas does not listen to Arafat. Its agenda for years has called simply for Israel to be swept into the Mediterranean...