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...Secret Service men, who had to return to camp because of altitude sickness. When the group reached a rarefied 15,000 ft., his wife was flown out by helicopter while he proceeded to the top. The next day, while visiting a jungle lodge, the Carters were charmed by the sight of an elephant painted as they often are in Nepal. "The scenery was more spectacular and breathtaking than I imagined," said Carter, who was back home in Plains last week. "Nepal is the most beautiful country in the world, certainly the most beautiful I have ever seen." One advantage...
...stranger coming upon Tobaccoville, N.C., twelve miles north of Winston-Salem, might not be prepared for the sight. In the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains stands a sleek, Bauhaus-style building. This is R.J. Reynolds' new $1 billion plant, which covers some 614 acres and 2 million sq. ft. of floor space. Still under construction, it will soon be the world's largest cigarette factory. The plant will have the capacity to roll out more than 5 billion packs a year...
...three weeks next month, a time when workers normally expect year-end bonuses and office celebrations. The painful closings are only the latest steps that chip producers are taking to cope with a slump that has crippled the once booming high-tech industry. "There's no end in sight," says Richard Billy, an analyst with the Gartner Group, a computer-research firm. "The bloodbath will continue...
...warlord had to stand out from the anonymous mass of his footsloggers, archers and pikemen. In full rig, cased like a land crab in the formal armor that was designed to protect him against sword cuts and even the slow-flying lead balls of a matchlock, he was a sight: the armor consisted of hundreds of lacquered leather platelets, like fish scales, bound together with silk cord. But his mask, finial, badge and troops' standard, all in one, was the helmet, on whose design much fantasy and theatrical cunning were expended. Because they were an inviting target for the other...
...perform short-term divination, geologists examine a number of clues. Mild seismic activity in the area, rumblings or the emission of ash and gases are all harbingers of greater things to come. Changes in the snowcaps that cover tall volcanoes may also indicate trouble. In Iceland, for example, the sight of a sagging, snow-covered mountaintop, which indicates that hot magma is pushing upward and melting the ice cap, warns knowledgeable residents to head for safety. More sophisticated techniques include tiltmeters or laser ranging devices to detect deformations in the volcano cone, also caused by magma oozing upward. Seismometers...