Word: mudding
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...bird colonies, seals and sea lions on the coast. It's possible to see them in the same day. The island's undeveloped state means that getting to the wilderness is half the excitement, though it requires stamina and the will to drive yet another hour up the rutted mud strip before you. On the way you may wonder if the bone-jarring ride is worth it, but once faced with the stunning views of cobalt lakes and rolling hills, panicked thoughts of chiropractor bills are quickly forgotten...
...motorcade pulls up and Secret Service agents fan out, the children of Wamili, a village of mud and grass huts in the north of Ghana, break into song. The tribal chief welcomes Bono, leader of the rock band U2, and his traveling sidekick, Paul O'Neill, the buttoned-down U.S. Treasury secretary. Each is presented a traditional robes and a matching floppy hat. Bono's fits nicely. O'Neill's seems several sizes too small. The chief looks apologetically at the Treasury secretary and says, "I think one of you got a bigger one." To which Bono replies with...
...strong sons will one day need strong wives. Now that the offspring of China's one-child policy are reaching marriageable age, millions are finding there just aren't enough women to go around. With so many men to choose from, women are loathe to live in, say, the mud caves where many Shaanxi peasants make their homes. So men in the countryside are resorting to drastic means to continue their family lines, including wedding women who once had little hope of marrying, like those with physical or mental disabilities. Brothers share one wife. The most desperate of all, though...
...dangers fill neighborhoods just a few miles from Liu's village of Nanliang. In the roadside hamlet of Chenzhuangke, a first-cousin couple grieve for their young son who died of a rare blood disease. In the nearby city of Yan'an, a brother and sister squat in the mud-brick slums, signing a secret language to each other. Both Cao Shuai and Cao Jing were born deaf-mute. Everybody in the neighborhood thinks they know why: their parents are first cousins. And last month in Yan'an county, a severely retarded newborn girl was found abandoned by the side...
...physician, I often hear from patients who have read about a new medication and want me to write a prescription. To them, I must sound like a stick in the mud. Unless the medication they're taking is not working, however, I'm generally reluctant to change. They assume that newer drugs are better; I assume the old ones are fine...