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...quietly, without fanfare, been giving back big-time through her charitable activities. Her Imagination Library gives free books to children in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. - to the tune of some 20 million books a year. Parton has written her own children's book, I Am a Rainbow (Putnam), which will be part of that program as well. TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs caught up with Parton at Dollywood, her theme park, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. (See TIME's list of the top Broadway shows...
...lodging for two (either at a hotel or an RV/campground), breakfast and full-day use of a 19-foot power boat to explore canyons and alcoves. Rates start at $515 for two nights, through October 31. If you'd prefer to leave the skippering to someone else, try the Rainbow Bridge Centennial Excursion, which includes lodging for two, breakfast and two tickets for the half-day Rainbow Bridge boat tour for $460 for two nights...
...That hot afternoon at Newport showed a far different Australia: not a rainbow mosaic, but the monochromatic world of the John Howard generation. These white youths had grown up during the decade of the former Prime Minister's conservative administration - they had witnessed the tacit acceptance of Hanson and her divisive politics, and had been caught up in the panicky xenophobia that swept the nation in response not only to the arrival of asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere, but also to the growing visibility and affluence of Australia's nonwhite communities. All this went through my mind...
...Alexeyev's march. There, an estimated 30 protesters unwrapped rainbow banners and chanted for less than half a minute before Moscow riot police rounded up and arrested everyone involved. Alexeyev, who came to the parade accompanied by a man in a bride's dress, was swiftly carried off by riot police. One woman, who was surrounded by cameras, was grabbed by riot police as she was giving interviews, her shirt torn on the way to the police bus. Peter Tatchell, a British gay-rights activist, flew to Moscow for the event. He was speaking to reporters before...
Democracy in South Africa Re "Why South Africa's Over the Rainbow" [April 20]. While the concern around a Zuma presidency is warranted, opposition parties to the ANC will fight to prevent the country sliding into chaos. South Africa is the greatest country in Africa, and is worth fighting for. S.K. Sonderup, PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA...