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...talk at the museum yesterday that the 19th-century Bostonian adventurer had preceded Lewis and Clark as the owner of several Native American basketry hats on exhibit at the Peabody. The distinctive conical woven hats were brought back as souvenirs of the Lewis and Clark expedition to the Columbia River. Debate over their provenance is not old hat. Malloy said that she and her colleague, Anne-Marie Victor-Howe, have argued Hill’s role in the hats’ journey for years. “I’m not sure about these hats at the Peabody...
...have on weekends and weekdays alike. I may not be able to run up the Duomo and submerge myself in a foreign way of life, but there’s a lot of good here, too. I’ll decline to wax poetic about friendship and the Charles River, but I will observe that we only get four years to experience it all before it’s gone...
...vows there will never be a wind farm on the King Ranch. The 80 or so descendants of Capt. Richard King who share the King Ranch brand, land and businesses want to preserve the fabled ranching legacy and the land. The two ranches sit in the path of "the River of Birds," the flyway that brings birds from Canada to Mexico, including whooping cranes. Birding enthusiasts are just a few of the eco-tourists, along with hunters and fishermen, that are creating a new industry for Texas ranchers...
...both culture vultures and common-or-garden tourists are more than ready for less cerebral diversion. And in Siem Reap these days, there are plenty of other delights to sample. By day, the area around the old market, or Phsar Cha, just north of the river, offers a roaring trade in souvenirs, silks and pottery. Its byways are patrolled by importunate motorcycle-taxi drivers, land-mine victims and a juvenile sales force whose arresting patter and command of English brook no discouragement. "Buy a bracelet for your girlfriend," commands a jet-eyed moppet whose head barely reaches my elbow...
...with Bush. The candor was welcome, Sen. Evan Bayh told the nominee, "but you are not the ultimate decision-maker." Gates's close friends have the same fear. "Bob could be pragmatic," one told TIME, "yet the ultimate decision-maker is not in the Pentagon. He's across the river in the White House. There's a very stubborn moral streak in George Bush." Bayh asked what made Gates assume Bush would take his advice. "Senator, because he asked me to take the job," Gates responded...