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...edged island is reachable by a 45-min. ferry ride from Ballycastle. Few vehicles mean Rathlin is a haven for walkers and cyclists; the nature reserve and bird sanctuary area allow visitors to get close to seals and puffins. It's a grand day out, or bunk at the modest Manor House, tel: (44-28) 2076 3964. On a clear day, you can see forever - or at least to Scotland. ntni.org.uk
...House of Children No. 2 orphanage in Adhamiya without the knowledge of most of her family. At the orphanage, she was befriended by an affable nurse who spent hours chatting up Safah, a fresh-faced girl whose fingers are still pudgy with baby fat. The nurse's modest hijab framed a sweet face that made Safah feel that the nurse was a good, spiritual woman, one she could trust. The nurse convinced Safah that she could be killed over the shame her disappearance had brought to her family. The nurse offered to adopt her. But official channels would have taken...
...people that believe that going into performance comedy isn’t as fruitful as, say, musicals or movies,” he says.ALWAYS PROVIDE ALCOHOL Meanwhile, Ingber is busy ensuring that at least some Harvard students carry on Harvard’s modest tradition of performance comedy.At a recent performance in Winthrop’s Junior Common Room, Ingber resembled nothing short of a modern day Tom A. Lehrer ’47, GSAS ’66, reviving the great 1950’s humorist’s satirical songstylings.Ingber’s songs poked...
...unclear just how much Fernndez means to challenge this, even though his Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) is slightly left (but pro-business) and his upbringing quite modest. His mother fled the island to work as a seamstress in a New York City garment factory, which afforded Leonel some formative years in New York City's Upper West Side. To many, Fernndez seems more fixated on consolidating power than on advancing his government's ambitious agenda. His government, for example, is spending almost as much building a subway line--$700 million--as it does on education and health together...
...both mature and emerging markets have moved up sharply this year?and show little sign of slowing. The Dow Jones World Stock Index, which excludes the U.S., has risen nearly 11% in 2006, easily topping gains in the U.S., where the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up a modest 2.2% since January...