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...next morning, the acrid smell of explosives had wafted to the nearest village, and someone tipped off the cops that looters might be at work. The following night police staked out the tomb. Three raiders were caught; two got away. State press reports hailed the arrests as a triumph, but instead of filling in the hole and posting a guard, the underfunded local cultural-relics bureau simply placed wooden planks across the hole and tossed in some dirt. Before long, other gangs pilfered at least 200 treasures, mostly ceramic statues, from the site. Among the loveliest of these pieces...
...truth, Feng admits, he was a little spooked--children in this area are raised on ghost stories of imperial ancestors, haunting mischievous villagers. As the men tossed up spadefuls of dirt, chatting and laughing under the glare of a light hooked up to a generator, Feng noticed a smell he likened to fermented bean curd...
...told him that as the youngest, he would have the honor of going down on a solo reconnaissance mission. Eager to prove himself, Feng slithered down into the darkness with only a rope as a guide. But upon reaching the floor of the tomb, he was overwhelmed by the smell. Feng remembers nothing after that. Later his uncle told him he had fainted from the putrid air and had to be dragged out. The operation was halted until the next night when the looters lugged in an industrial air blower to clear out the tomb. After his uncle and another...
...learn about loss firsthand. "We'd lived in Ohio for 32 years. Suddenly, I lost a community and job that I loved, a house we'd built ourselves, easy contact with most of our family and friends," she says. "When I got to North Carolina, the house didn't smell like my house, I didn't know which aisle to go down at the grocery store, and I didn't know my neighbors. I didn't know anybody but my kids...
...copy wasn't used for commercial purposes. These days young folks do the same thing, only they use the computer to share music. And now the record companies are calling them thieves and threatening them with lawsuits. I'm no lawyer, but this just doesn't pass the smell test. Shame on the music industry! CRAIG REEDER Tallahassee...