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With the language mastered, alumni volunteers then personalize their fundraising style and figure out how they can best convince their friends to open their wallets and pocketbooks...
Personal Injuries (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 403 pages; $27) is Turow's latest reminder that Justice is not necessarily a blindfolded matron holding aloft a set of balanced scales. She, or more likely he, is often peeking and open to tempting offers. "The bribery of judges is eternal," Turow gently instructs us. "At common law, before there were statutes and codes, the word 'bribe' meant only this: a benefit conferred to influence a judge...
...will fly charter aircraft from Resolute Bay, Nunavut, to within 150 miles of the pole. Then, under a 24-hr. polar sun, in often subzero temperatures, the group will follow Peary's route from 88[degrees] to 90[degrees] north, climbing over walls of ice, crossing expanses of open water on ice blocks bound by ropes, skiing through clouds of drifting snow. Burton Meyer of Downers Grove, Ill., a retired toy designer, first crossed the North Pole with Northwest Passage at 69. Among his companions: a 16-year-old schoolgirl, one of only three women ever to reach the pole...
...spent a week in Accra, where a friend she had made in the village took her to museums, the national park and the beach and told her the history of his country. Reflecting on a summer vacation well spent, Carnright says, "You feel like you have accomplished something. You open things up for people you work with and yourself...
...went again--with 16 of her patients. And she's been going ever since. "The minute I get there, something inside of me relaxes," she says. "And after I get back, I continue to feel blissed out for a long time." The Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat on Paradise Island, open year-round, is not for everyone. The accommodations are spartan, the meals simple, and the schedule--well, meditation begins at 6 a.m., followed by yoga at 8 and a vegetarian brunch at 10. But for those who want to experience the healthful pleasures of this gentle exercise for mind...