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...DUNGAROO ORDEAL...
Robertson--most noted for her Pulitzer Prizewinning New York Times Magazine article on her ordeal with Toxic Shock Syndrome, and her book, Getting Better, which chronicles her bout with alcoholism--is back, with yet another personal-account book, this one on sex discrimination at Robertson's former place of employment: The New York Times...
...might have noticed by now that the the Crames features the musical stylings of one family, brother and sister Jim and Alison. Guitarists Mark Francombe and Matt Cope provide some background noise, but the real blame for this musical ordeal should go to the Shaws...
Kuwaitis who stayed put developed a measure of self-reliance that enabled them to survive the ordeal of occupation. "We became inventive, we learned new skills, we took out garbage," says one woman. Not surprisingly, the stay- at-homes resent those who fled. "When we saw Kuwaitis coming back with their Cartier watches and their FREE KUWAIT T shirts," added the woman, "we got angry." The clash of cultures has gradually diminished, but ill feelings linger...
...suddenly zoomed up the mountain at a 70 degrees incline. For almost a mile straight up, there was less a path than a series of tenuous toeholds dug into sticky red clay. Several other equally steep but shorter climbs that followed made the six-mile journey a five-hour ordeal...