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...from any of a host of rental places in the main tourist town of Senggigi on the west coast. Gas is cheap, around $6 for a tank, which should be almost enough for a complete island tour. Two hours inland is Tetebatu, a small village on Rinjani's southern slope that offers clear views up to the volcano. Hotels are cheap and cheerful. A cut above the rest is the Hotel Soedjono, an old Dutch colonial house with rooms, plus outlying cottages, most with glorious vistas of the terraces, and a colossal pool; fax (62-376) 223-22 or call...
...those near ground zero, trying to reach stable ground felt like climbing out of a sand trap; a couple of steps up the slope, then back down again at the sound of some child talking about her missing daddy, a fiance mourning a wedding that will never happen or a wife aching that she did not say goodbye to her husband thoroughly enough that last time. The final love letters had been delivered by cell phone: Be brave, commanded a tender husband, take care of our daughter. I love...
Others chose to forgo political discussions to concentrate on psychological healing. Nikki Boroni, a musician from Park Slope, Brooklyn, crouched on the Union Square steps in front of a sprawling series of messages, which passersby had scribbled on the ground with pastel sidewalk chalk...
...about to be a very depressing selloff. Monday?s unflinching sellers had taken something of a breather on Tuesday, reviving the usual optimistic talk that the long-awaited bottom had maybe been reached by Monday?s rational rout. But on Day Three it was back down the slippery slope...
During his deliberations, Bush was reportedly worried when a Virginia institute announced it had collected sperm and egg donations to create embryos specifically for developing stem cells for research. Researchers argued it was more honest to create embryos solely for research. Bush saw a slippery slope...