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...most of China's big ski resorts are clustered in the country's impoverished northeast. While some American ski-resort towns boast film festivals and fashionable clothing boutiques, the village houses near Lotus Mountain are made of blocks of mud mixed with straw, and the only hotel accommodation is in flimsy, prefab lodges. Donkeys porting bundles of firewood for sale roam the village. Given the rustic environment, Lotus Mountain markets itself as an ecotourism destination, but the Air Supply tunes blasting from loudspeakers placed at regular intervals along the slopes shatter the wintry calm of the setting...
...Still, Italians are likely to barely notice the latest courtroom tussle. In a country where guilt is always relative, politicians tend to stick around through even the thickest mud. And most voters have long ago made up their minds that Berlusconi is either a crook or the victim of blood-thirsty prosecutors who want to usurp power from a democratically elected leader. The timing, so close to Berlusconi?s showdown with former European Commission President Romano Prodi, may actually help Berlusconi by convincing some of the relatively few undecided voters that there is indeed a political motive for the investigations...
...minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Aurora offers full board and a range of treatments for just $60 a night. When not taking baths in sulfur-rich mud hauled up from Lake Issyk-Kul's shore (the mud is said to be good for skin disorders and arthritis), or breathing the air in one of the salt rooms (therapeutic, apparently, for people with asthma and other respiratory complaints), guests relax in the sanatorium's gardens or at the nearby beach...
...maybe Sittenfeld purposefully depicted her in this manner. After all, Lee does not identify with the reporter’s blind villainization of prep schools. On the contrary, Lee feels pangs of guilt at having unwittingly dragged Ault’s name through the journalistic mud...
...Archaeologists always tell us where we came from," says Rochanne Downs, a coordinator for the dozens of Indian tribes that have banded together in the Great Basin Inter-Tribal NAGPRA Coalition. "Well, we know where we came from. Our people were made from mud, and then the tribes were sent out. Sometimes people think that's funny, but when I look at the Immaculate Conception, that seems kind of odd to me." Not all Indians believe in the ancient-clay idea, but if those who do are going to be shown the same respect as the adherents of any other...