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Fairbanks, Alaska is an unassuming sort of place: the architecture is generally plain and the winter weather makes thermal underwear a blessing. Tourists use Fairbanks as a gateway to the subarctic wilderness, but a dramatic addition to the skyline is slowing down newcomers on their way through. It's the striking Museum of the North...
...Saul Bellow Henderson the Rain King Bellow's tale about a millionaire on a spiritual journey in central Africa has been hailed as a feat of vivid imagination. Other critics called his vision of the continent just plain silly, or even racist...
Whoever built stonehenge, that mysterious circle of stone boulders on Britain's Salisbury Plain, may have had a lot of company. Archaeologists have uncovered a large Neolithic settlement--possibly once home to hundreds of people--that dates from about 2,600 B.C. and shows, among other things, the outlines of beds and cupboards used by the potential builders of Stonehenge. Scientists have also unearthed an ancient stone road running from the settlement, which is enclosed by the lesser known Durrington Walls henge, to the nearby River Avon. A similar road connects the river to Stonehenge, which sits about two miles...
...cooked oatmeal 1/2 cup fresh berries 1 cup plain yogurt 6 tablespoons brown sugar...
...With every election, Daley wins with higher margins and lower turnouts," says Jay Stewart, executive director of the Chicago-based Better Government Association. Even if his percentage slips a bit, one thing he won't change is his opposition to campaign debates. Daley doesn't engage in them because, plain and simple, he doesn't have to. The result is a generation of young Chicagoans who have never seen their mayor or his opponents articulating their positions on the pressing issues of the day. "It wouldn't be the Lincoln-Douglas debates, but it would be better than nothing," said...