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Twenty miles southwest of Scottsbluff, Jim Wyatt, 41, who has already stripped his fields of everything but baked, brown grass, is hoping he can find enough scrub weed in neighbors' pastures to feed his cattle. Others have sold entire herds for pennies a pound. "If you can't feed them, you can't keep them," says Wyatt. Dry-land farmers, who either can't afford the expensive irrigation water or live too far out to be able to use it, are in even worse shape...
...mane and eats humans as if they were Meow Mix. In one documented case, two lions stalked and killed 135 people during construction of a bridge across the Tsavo River. Joined by a rotating cast of biologists, local tribesmen and scary big-game hunters, Caputo heads into the African scrub to find the lions. This is darkest Hemingway country--the ghost of Francis Macomber haunts every page--but Caputo is blessedly free of Papa's ego. He's not afraid to describe an unsuccessful spear-throwing lesson with a Masai warrior or the distinctly un-Hemingwayesque experience of passing...
...best to ignore the endless and repetitive sign-reading going on two feet away from my workspace while I and two other interns scrub Julia’s pots and pans with Q-Tips...
Whereas the relatively clean pans are wiped down with a rag dipped in an alcohol-based cleaning solution, to handle the caked-on grease and other substances that I’m sure at some point were edible, we break out the Q-Tips and scrub away. An excursion downstairs to the cafeteria kitchen, complete with industrial strength detergent and a mechanical dishwasher, is apparently out of the question...
...experience modern Japanese culture. Sleep in a tatami room on a futon. Enjoy a meal with a local family, and take a bath with them. Most Japanese families draw one large bath per evening. Since family members take turns using it, it's imperative to shower and scrub thoroughly before enjoying a relaxing soak. To arrange a homestay, contact the Nagasaki International Association...