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Call me a snob, but there's nothing I want to do less when I'm on vacation than look like a tourist with a camera dangling round my neck. I'm a digital guy who never wants to deal with a drugstore clerk smirking at my prints in the back room again. If I encounter something picturesque--say, a grizzly chasing campers in front of a charming waterfall--my dream is to casually pull from my shirt pocket a digital camera cool enough to elicit gasps of awe from the campers and, if possible, from the bear...
...seriously weakened the presidency. The lack of enthusiasm aroused by either man is shown in their poll ratings of 21-23% each for the first round of voting on April 21. That will be followed by a run-off on May 5, for which polls put the two neck-and-neck...
DIED. ELLIS JONES, 80, University of Tulsa and NFL football player with one arm; of a broken neck sustained in a fall at home; in Greeley, Colo. One of the athletes deferred from service who filled teams while others fought in World War II, he played in two Sugar Bowls...
Though all birds are gifted with a share of grace, only the crane, with its stately neck and stirring wings, can claim royal bloodlines. In ancient China, Prince Yi of Wie gave cranes the rank of civil servants and generals, while in Japan they were considered sages and became the symbol of peace in the aftermath of war. Australian Aborigines patterned tribal rituals after the cranes' elegant dances, and in India they are considered the holy messengers of Vishnu; they are the birds of heaven...
...dithering began. The abductor claimed to be related to a top cop, and, Wang says, "the officers spent all their time trying to figure out what kind of a relative he was." After a fruitless, 8-hr. standoff, the neighbor sliced Wang's son through the back of the neck with the machete. He died four days later...