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...PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON THE WATER--ALMOST...
...last time a labor dispute shut down a major airline was in 1998, when Northwest Airlines' pilots went on strike...
Spread the power geographically. After New Hampshire, the G.O.P. calendar gave half a dozen states a voice. They included bastions of Southern conservatism (Virginia and South Carolina), Midwest industrialism (Michigan), the Sun Belt and Pacific Northwest (Arizona and Washington State). Even North Dakota had a voice, however muted by massive indifference...
...classic book collection aboard his cozy, quite luxurious vessel. Nothing particularly shocking or dramatic happens to him at sea, but nevertheless Raban has produced a pensive piece about his immediate family and the people from the past with whom he finds a connection via the cold waters of the Northwest...
...Passage to Juneau gets in touch with nature most compellingly by discussing the stories of the Tlingits, the Salish and other tribes of the Pacific Northwest. Raban devotes many words to debunking the over-romanticized image of the harmony of American Indians with their surroundings. The sea is their refuge, as opposed to the dark and threatening woods. Raban directly connects this aspect of the sea with the issues of cultural contamination, a claim that makes us shake our heads...