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...surprising answer is yes, if it's as good as Douglas Rogers' The Last Resort. Like Godwin and Fuller, Rogers is a Zimbabwean journalist who moved to the U.S. only to discover that he'd left his biggest story at home. His tale recounts how, as Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe collapses around them, the author's parents turn their backpackers' lodge first into a bordello, then a diamond smugglers' dive, then a refuge for opposition activists - as all the while they farm marijuana. (See pictures of Robert Mugabe...
...quite so entrancing the second time around. Especially in light of Volpi’s notable ability to transition rather effortlessly between assuming the colloquialisms of post-Communist Russia and the jargon of American capitalism, one wonders why an author with such a nuanced command of language would resort to clichés so elementary in composition. Volpi rounds out his scattered and unsatisfying account of 20th century history with a flurry of fictional accidents and tragedies that he seems to downplay as simple “proof of the irrationality of the future, the name we humans give...
What is your philosophy as an eater and a traveler? If you spend the whole time on the gringo highway, sitting at the beach at your all-inclusive resort sipping piña coladas, you never get a real taste of what the world is all about. I make a conscious decision to go to the last stop on the subway - and you can do that in your hometown. It's more fun to do it when you're away because you return with a whole subset of experiences that are more thrilling, and I honestly believe it helps change...
...Long and irregular work hours are a primary cause of unhealthy eating habits, and while scheduling issues can't always be avoided, there are certain workplace-based interventions that could improve the diets of many wage-earning workers. Shift employees, for example, often resort to munching from vending machines because their employers' cafeterias are closed during off hours; keeping cafeterias open longer during off-hours could help workers to eat healthier. Having breaks to ensure that employees eat regularly would be another helpful intervention. (Watch TIME's video "How to Lose Hundreds of Pounds...
...Times' Kabul bureau had asked the British embassy there - Farrell holds Irish and British passports - to use a military rescue mission only as a last resort, since negotiations were under way to free the two reporters and any rescue attempt would imperil them. But according to the source close to the negotiations, a decision was made "at ministerial levels" in London to mount the operation. Neither the Times nor Farrell's family were warned of the impending raid. The British are partners of the U.S.-led military coalition in Afghanistan and have 8,000 troops in the country. (See pictures...