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Sonora is the largest of the gold-rush sites that lured fortune seekers to California in the mid-1800s. One hundred fifty years later, the region is attracting a new breed of adventurer, seeking wealth measured by affordable housing, pleasant weather and small-town charm...
Stopping by Nini's Corner on the congested transition between Coops takes one home to the small-town general store where everyone is welcome, and time stands still. The seasoned staff is outgoing and friendly, ready to help make selections or chat it up with the customers. At Nini's the good life is the slow life; the giant glass cigar case encourages leisurely puffing. Nini's also boasts a special discount adult magazine kiosk, guaranteed to satisfy the bargain-minded Yard resident on his 18th. Tourists may purchase a Harvard postcard for thirty cents...
...Stopping by Nini's Corner on the congested transition between Coops takes one home to the small-town general store where everyone is welcome, and time stands still. The seasoned staff is outgoing and friendly, ready to help make selections or chat it up with the customers. At Nini's, the good life is the slow life; the giant glass cigar case encourages leisurely puffing. Nini's also boasts a special discount adult magazine kiosk, guaranteed to satisfy the bargain-minded Yard resident on his 18th. Tourists may purchase a Harvard postcard for thirty cents...
...wants it? Iacocca is counting on niche markets around the U.S. Retirement communities are an obvious target (he has spent some time playing golf at them lately). Small-town police departments in California already use electric bicycles, mostly made by ZAP Power Systems, a U.S. market leader. Later this year EVG plans to introduce a folding electric bike, which Iacocca figures is just the accessory for the life-style-conscious drivers of minivans and SUVs. "It's like the Trojan Horse," says the prince of promotion. "If I can get enough bikes into garages, then eventually kids are going...
...Bills began life worlds apart. Clinton's childhood in small-town, 1940s Arkansas was shaped by a mother who worked as a nurse and played at the racetrack, and an alcoholic stepfather. Gates, by contrast, was born into the Seattle upper crust, his father a lawyer and his mother president of the Junior League. Gates was a skinny prep school kid who spent all his free time in the computer lab--a nerd before the term was invented, a former teacher once said. Clinton, even in his schoolboy days, was the smooth saxophone player who used his music to meet...