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...sniper fires into the Alaska pipeline, shutting down oil operations on the North Slope. Anthrax infects and kills a worker on the job. Middle Eastern students breach security at corporate buildings that also house FBI offices. All true stories. All since Sept...
...attack is our media’s flip cynicism, its ironic detachment from genuine feeling. Well, if irony isn’t dead then it’s gravely wounded,” they wrote. “How can we be ironic when our fire squad in Park Slope, Brooklyn, has lost half its members?” Colton and Aboud asked for feedback from readers and the response was tremendous. “We got hundreds and hundreds of e-mails from people saying ‘we want to laugh again...
...This sprawling park and its jungly tangle of trees offers the most refreshing retreat within Athens. Miles of meandering paths have joggers running at all hours between sunrise and sunset. Best theater: Odeion of Herodes Atticus. Popularly known as the Iródhio, this ancient theater on the southern slope of the Acropolis serves as the center of Greek cultural events. The cheaper the seats, though, the less you?ll be able to see of the shows. Tel: +30 1 92 82 900 Best View: Likavittós Hill. A funicular hoists visitors to the summit, the picturesque chapel...
...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...