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The devastating floods, though, are only half the story. To the south and west, another disaster is taking shape, albeit at a slower pace. Despite seven years of poor rain, state governments have yet to produce coherent plans for rain harvesting or water storage, and existing reservoirs, channels and pipes...
Immigrant fictions are always hymns to persistence, to scrambling for a hard, narrow, marginal place in the newfound land. They also depend for their effectiveness on a lack of overt sentiment. And that may be the best thing about Maria Full of Grace. Maria's circumstances may keep changing, but...
The plunge in advertising revenue has dragged Martha Stewart Living into the red for the first time in its five years as a public company. In the first quarter, sales dropped 23%, to $44.5 million, and the company lost $20 million. Winning back advertisers will take more than heartfelt pleas...
To date, the task force has charged 31 defendants and netted 10 guilty pleas from former Enron employees. And Lay's indictment may not be the grand finale. Federal prosecutors made clear last week that more charges are coming. Arthur Andersen, the Big Five accounting firm convicted of obstructing justice...
Jefferson answered virtually every letter he received, including screeds from lunatics and pleas from strangers for money. In particular he could not resist a request for advice. When a young student wrote him seeking some suggested reading, Jefferson picked up a regular correspondence with the youth and even personally hunted...