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...would be hard pressed to find a grass-thatched hut in Tahiti's capital city, Papeete ("Pa-pey-ey-tey"). With its department stores, street traffic and air pollution, Papeete would resemble a medium-sized midwestern American city if it weren't for all the tour-company vans lined up on the main street...
...production methods, stiff temporary tariff help and, most visibly, employee involvement in the enterprise. But last year the Milwaukee-based maker of monster motorcycles -- hogs, to their fans -- began pushing for more involvement than some workers wanted. Result: in early February employees at Harley's assembly plant in York, Pa., walked out. Management had proposed, among other things, varying factory employees' pay according to the quality and quantity of their production, while union members wanted the security of a fixed wage. The strike threatened to unravel years of productive cooperation and undermine one of the most heartening examples...
Linda Lehman, 43, a mother of two from Newville, Pa., received two silicone implants last February, three months after undergoing double mastectomies. That summer she went out and bought a new two-piece swimsuit. "Losing your breasts is a terrible experience," she says. "You mourn the loss. You have the same phantom feelings as when you lose a limb." The implants, she says, have restored her spirit along with her figure. "I wear more revealing clothing than before, and I've never looked better...
AMISH: THE ART OF THE QUILT by Robert Hughes (Knopf/Callaway; $100). These spare yet sumptuous squares reflect the cardinal virtues of their Amish makers: simplicity and practicality. Made between 1870 and 1950 in Lancaster County, Pa., they foreshadowed the geometric art of the '60s and the minimalism that followed. And unlike those paintings, they also keep you warm at night...
Many of the most popular direct-from-the-factory establishments are individual stores, such as the L.L. Bean outlet in North Conway, N.H., or the V F Factory Outlet in Reading, Pa. But hundreds of outlet centers, ranging from spartan shopping strips to swank malls, now cater to tourists and travelers. Many are sited just off major interstate highways or close to vacation spots. "For these prices, I don't mind fighting the freeway," exults Houston housewife Laura Freeman, two small kids in tow, as she balances a mound of towels selling for $2.99 a pound at the Lone Star...