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...throng of trees, tall leatherwoods dropping white blossoms into the foam-covered eddies. Thick forest stretches away in every direction, and there is no sign of a human touch, until the third day, when, exhilarated after a series of simple rapids, we see heavy wires strung high across a narrow gorge. In 1982 protestors began a blockade of the river to stop government plans to dam it. They arrived a month before the bulldozers, and in the following months 1,200 people were arrested in a campaign so successful that the river's fate became a national election issue. When...
...avoid baking in the dry sun, sunbathers stay cool while browning in the pool on shallowly submerged platforms. Often a foot or so deep, so-called Baja steps are custom-made and can be narrow enough for solo tanners or wide enough for tanning parties...
...Dual imaging system Wide-and narrow-angle cameras...
...million to $20 million. Unless it confounds all expectations, Doom 3 should sell well into the millions, at $54.99 a pop. And id will license Carmack's technology to a swarm of game developers. Although conventional wisdom has it that games like id's appeal to just a narrow, nerdy hard-core subculture, they're actually wildly popular. Even before Doom 3 hits stores, 6 of the top 10 computer games in June were hard core. And two other games of that ilk, Halo 2 and Half-Life 2, are expected to post big numbers later this year. Universal Pictures...
...clean and quaint pensions like Akrogiali, tel: (30-228) 507 1685, near the harbor. PORTO KATSIKI, LEFKADA According to ancient Greek lore, unrequited lovers leapt from the cliffs of Porto Katsiki to die in the turquoise waters below. These days visitors prefer to hike down the 80 steep and narrow steps carved into the rock to reach the sandy beach. The fishing villages of Nidri (which some claim to be the home of Homer's Odysseus) and Vassiliki are a short taxi-boat ride away. Linked by bridge to the mainland, Lefkada can easily be reached...