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...religious potboilers, but an enthusiastic one. "I've written many books about the Holy Spirit," he says cheerfully, "And this will probably be read by many times more people." He knows that if only one thousandth of the people whom he has reached for Christ through other means shell out their $14.99 for "Blessed Child," the book will leave behind the hugely successful "Left Behind" series...
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...time in Venice, more than two centuries ago, the gondola was a kind of horse and buggy for every well-to-do family. Now it's primarily for tourists. The basic shell - no seats, no brass ornaments, no extras - costs about $22,000. If you load it with everything, the price can run to about $36,000. A key element in any gondola is the forcola, which serves as an oar post but in fact is often a work of art. There are only three people left who carve forcole out of large pieces of walnut...
...fact when Yeltsin decided to attack the same building in 1993, he showed how easy it was if you were sufficiently ruthless. He had tanks shell it from a distance. And again, in that incident, he showed the importance of decisive leadership. Yeltsin had to pull himself out of profound, paralyzing depression in order in order to cajole military commanders into attacking, but he eventually scraped together the forces he needed. Well over100 people died in the attack, though no-one really remembers now and the world did not seem particularly concerned at the time...
...adventure this summer has been learning to sail, right here in Boston. While biking along the Charles last year, I discovered Community Boating Inc. (CBI) just beyond the Hatch Shell, where for an affordable price they will make you into a sailor...