Word: pined
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...bright sun, the cold crisp air, the thrill of schussing down a snow-packed mountain surrounded by powder and pine. On the surface, there would seem to be few better ways to celebrate Nordic nature than with a ski vacation--until you consider the wildlife displaced by the trails, the ecosystems destroyed by artificial snow and the energy-hungry lifts, snow machines and hotels that are an integral part of a skiing holiday. Not to mention the miles in the SUV to get everyone there. Ski resorts by their very nature have a pretty big carbon footprint. They are also...
...staid gathering where some two dozen fresh-faced professionals and students met up, also on Super Tuesday, in a central London bar. One of their number, banker Allison Bruneau, 28, says she's encountered a view among Britons that supporters of President Bush "drive pick-up trucks" and pine for slavery. "One of the things that's really frustrated me is this feeling that to be at all interested in international affairs or be open-minded you can't be a Republican," she said. "Sometimes I feel like I'm an ambassador...
...produced a tangible improvement in the daily lives of Indonesians. Corruption, cronyism, a lack of transparency and accountability - they are all still around. Indonesia has been reborn as a young democracy, but because Suharto did not establish durable civic institutions, that democracy is messy enough for many Indonesians to pine for his old New Order...
...small painting is one of Greece's most sacred icons. So when, one morning in August 2006, the monastery's Mother Superior followed a breeze to the back of the church and discovered that the painting was missing - its pine-and-resin cradle empty, climbing ropes dangling outside a broken window - she fell to her knees and prayed...
...first sign of trouble comes around two hours from Eldoret in the hills of Kenya's Rift Valley. Several pine trees have been felled across the road, forcing a detour through the forest. A few minutes later, we come across a road-sign barrier bent across the highway. "You cannot imagine that this is Kenya," mutters Preston, my driver. We come to several more roadblocks manned by men sitting by the side of the road. Their breath smells of banana beer, and they want money and news of Nairobi. Some of them check Preston's tribe. I congratulate myself...