Word: popularly
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...such house-swap tours? Almost anywhere. The larger services offer as many as 11,000 listings, including just about every state in the U.S. and 30 or more countries, from Australia and the Czech Republic to Indonesia and South Africa. If you live in such popular U.S. tourist spots as Los Angeles, New York City or Miami, you may find yourself deluged with fabulous offers: a condo on the beach in Barcelona, a castlelike "cottage" in Burgundy. Sometimes the accommodations are more modest than what you're offering in exchange. But timing and location can make up the difference...
...beachfront property was too expensive for him to buy outright. Strong and his peers are also getting variety through bartering. For a fee of about $120 a year, companies like Resort Condominiums International and Interval International will broker an exchange, letting time-share owners in, say, Florida, the most popular destination, journey off to Colorado or Europe...
Saddam doesn't have to duck for cover just yet. Personally, the bombings endanger him little. And they seem to have had slight effect on his power base, though it is tough to judge popular support for the dictator. One year after Clinton unveiled his plans to overthrow Saddam, Iraqi opposition groups grumble that the program is being staged more for show than out of any conviction that the exiles have a chance of succeeding. House International Relations Committee chairman Benjamin Gilman asserts flatly, "The Administration is not very serious...about replacing Saddam's regime...
Haden's most recent album with his Quartet West, the ravishing The Art of Song (Verve), is a lyrical excursion across a landscape that embraces classical music (Rachmaninoff's Moment Musical), folk (Wayfaring Stranger), American popular song (Kern's In Love in Vain) and contemporary jazz (Jeri Southern's Theme for Charlie and Haden's own Ruth's Waltz). The only thing these disparate pieces have in common is Haden's singular vision, his insistence that this music beats with a single heart that pulses as steadily as his bass swings...
...madness, and Steve Jobs has been on the balance beam since the beginning of Apple Computer. But there is no way to achieve greatness without taking gambles, some of which fail while others revolutionize the industry (e.g., iMac and the new G4). While Jobs' methods may not be popular, they are most effective. Everyone in the world knows the name Gates. It's unfortunate that Jobs, the true founder of Silicon Valley and the personal computer, is not given the same recognition. TERRI GERGELY Coaldale, Alta...