Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Early last Monday, death emerged from the wilderness. Deep in the park's misty hills, a band of more than 100 Rwandan Hutu guerrillas, driven into a fury by months of fighting in the ruleless Congo, turned on a group of Western tourists, killing eight (see following story). For the outside world, it was a vivid reminder of the terror that still grips the heart of Africa...
...week British Airlines--one airline that does scan--caught a man who was flying from Miami to London and trying to get a $26,000 refund for seven tickets. A scan revealed that four were stolen, part of a batch of 24,000 taken from Hudson Holidays in Elmwood Park, Ill., in December 1996. "It adds money laundering to the list of crimes the stolen tickets are being used for," says Little...
Summer family vacations need not be mindless trips down water slides or endless waits in theme-park lines. The American landscape is literally littered--that is, rich in literary resources that can bring to life the books your family has been reading...
...these don't grab you, create your own adventure. The important thing is to capture the excitement of connecting literary landscapes with real-life places--and to nourish your family's love of reading. And if your kids insist on stopping at an amusement park on the way, one more water slide probably won't kill...
Toole was a doctoral candidate at Tulane University, and many of his papers, including the manuscript for Confederacy, are on public display in the university archives. Toole grew up nearby, at 390 Audubon Street, and the surrounding Uptown neighborhood is one of New Orleans' flossiest. Beautiful Audubon Park is rich in native flora, including centuries-old live oaks, and the zoo will captivate family members too young to enjoy Toole or trees...