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Peggy's Cove was born of a shipwreck. Legend has it that the tiny hamlet on the coast of Nova Scotia was named for a woman pulled back from death at sea by a local sailor. The only survivor of a doomed ship, she was nursed back to health by her rescuer. They fell in love and married. Such romances and heartening miracles are woven into the visions of the village. At St. John's Anglican Church, two paintings that frame the altar serve as fonts of meditation: in one, a fisherman clinging to a tattered sail searches...
...tough competition in the U.S. market from cheap steel made in Japan, Korea and Russia. Currency devaluations in those countries have made their products cheap for American buyers, says chairman Ken Iverson. "The U.S. is the only economy left that's doing well, so they're going to ship it all here." That makes America the consumer of last resort--a lifeline to many foreign economies, but at a heavy cost to many U.S. companies and workers. Again, such disruptions quickly get capitalized into stock prices: Nucor shares have fallen from $61 a year ago to $39 last week...
...Rating: [5 umbrellas] Noting how well the whole boat motif worked for Leo DiCaprio, Kerry Sanders grips a ship's mast with one hand and a wind meter with the other. Insanely stupid or uncommonly brave? Either...
...already seen Titanic the movie, so there's no need to rent the video. But for a taste of real underwater history, you might try the new CD-ROM Titanic: Challenge of Discovery ($30; Panasonic Interactive Media). The game, developed with Robert Ballard, who discovered the sunken ship 13 years ago this week, takes you on a virtual search mission complete with submarines, sonar systems, ocean rovers and the myriad challenges of the open sea. All aboard...
...legislature may nominate their own candidate -- and the outcome of the power struggle will shape the future of Russian economic reform. "It's a serious game of chicken that could get out of control," says Quinn-Judge. And while contending factions tussle for control of the wheel, the ship is sinking fast...