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...challenge has sparked another loud round of 19th hole, his-and-hers trash talk in a season already spiked by debate about gender equity. When the guns of Augusta started firing--remember Hootie and Martha?--earlier this year, most of the PGA players tried to jump into the nearest hole to avoid the subject...
...Numan's capture represents an intensification of the US campaign against the one-time Iraqi leadership. Gen. Tommy Franks today ordered all full members of the former ruling Baath Party to identify themselves to the U.S. military. "Go to the nearest U.S. military forces and identify yourselves, and then wait to be told what to do,'' the general's statement said. ?There must be no Baath Party activity, because the party no longer exists.? As many as 1.5 million of Iraq's 24 million people belonged to the party, but only 25,000 to 50,000 were hard core members...
...Park on Thursday, after less than a day's search. Ralston had been reported missing when he didn't show up for work at a mountaineering store in Aspen, Colo. He told his rescuers he had been hiking and rock climbing alone through the canyon, 40 miles from the nearest paved road and on a trail rarely used by others. But five days earlier, a boulder had crashed down on his right arm, pinning him in a 3-ft.-wide space. Ralston fought hard, but the rock wouldn't budge. By Day 3, he told the rescuers, his water...
Traveling afar on the wedding day used to mean one of two things: elopement or honeymoon. But today the lines between traditional wedding, elopement and honeymoon have blurred as more couples incorporate aspects of each into the big day. Destination weddings, or "weddingmoons"--in which couples invite their nearest and dearest to jet off to an island beach, accompany them abroad or gather at some other favorite place--have become so popular that an entire industry has arisen. Destination-wedding planners, custom-wedding packages offered by resorts and cruise lines, and dedicated websites providing links to long-distance services...
...desperately poor areas, the barefoot doctors of Chairman Mao's era might prove to be a more workable model. Gongdong township in Guangxi is a cluster of remote villages three hours' drive from the nearest paved road or flush toilet. Calcite in Gongdong's water causes kidney stones in residents and a lack of iodine in their diet makes goiters common. For the past six years, the French aid agency M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF) has trained the village doctors and midwives to treat minor injuries and illnesses with a basic stock of drugs, while referring serious cases to a township...