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...Scotland is the land of Johnny Walker and White Horse, costlier and classier versions of Kentucky's alcoholic pride and joy. Southern Culture of the Skids often goes by the abbreviation "SCOTS." Coincidence? Some whiskeys may be better than others. But the SCOTS and their fans are not above (or, more accurately, below) swigging them...
...author of the Harry Potter books what she thinks children should know about good and evil, magic and mayhem. Why did her series take a dark turn in this year's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Scholastic), for example? Rowling plans to spend Halloween at home in Scotland with her daughter Jessica, 7, who wants to dress as the broomstick-riding hero. Says the author: "Halloween, you'd not be surprised to know, is my favorite holiday." Her comments...
Winners journeyed from the Netherlands, Scotland and Canada to accept their prizes. The gala ceremony recognized imaginative endeavors, ranging from levitating a frog with magnets to developing software that detects when a cat walks across a computer keyboard...
...Western nations have learned that since Russia cannot behave in an open and honest manner when faced with a humanitarian crisis, we would be foolish to expect anything other than a traditional Soviet attitude to political, economic and military issues from the Russian government. PETER G. WILSON Whitburn, Scotland...
According to the website, "The name combines a reference to the original great oaks on the site, several of which are still standing, with the eighteenth-century name 'Dumbarton,' taken from the Rock of Dumbarton in Scotland." Harvard has owned the property since 1940. Scholars use Dumbarton Oaks resources for Byzantine studies, landscape architecture studies and Pre-Columbian studies. The public has access to some of the resources, including the gardens. And the gardens are famous. Created by landscape gardener Beatrix Jones Farrand, they are probably among the most beautiful in the world...