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...Gregg Allman and Bert Lance and Jimmy Carter, --populists all, huzzah! From Peachtree Plaza to the White House, springing up from the ashes, born again --the place you have to go to get to almost every other place. The air crossroads of the western world, or at least those southernmost provinces of These United States --oh, Atlanta...
...canal, seven of them known to cause cancer in animals. One, benzene, has been linked to leukemia in humans. Women living in the area have suffered 50% more miscarriages than would be expected. There is also a high incidence of birth defects among children; of 24 youngsters in the southernmost section of the neighborhood, health officials report four are mentally retarded. Local residents are doubly upset by the suggestion that they leave the area because their houses are now virtually unmarketable, and without money to rent elsewhere, most of them simply have no place...
Falmouth follows Mashpee. The most distinguishing feature in the town is Woods Hole, Falmouth's southernmost village and the home of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and the Marine Biological Laboratories. The scientific community has given Woods Hole the atmosphere of a small college town. Poetry readings, local theater and folk dancing are common. The Fishmonger's Cafe or the Market Bookshop in Falmouth Center are the best places to learn what is to be done...
...Philippines are an archipelago of approximately 7083 islands situated about 500 miles off the Southeast coast of Asia. Y' Ami, the northernmost island, is 65 miles from Taiwan. Saluag, the southernmost island, is 30 miles east of Borneo...
...downtrodden U.S. commuters and rail travelers, the very mention of Japan conjures up visions of superfast trains and a superefficient railroad system. To a degree, the image is justified. The futuristic Shinkansen, or "bullet" trains, whisk passengers as far as 735 miles from Tokyo to Fukuoka City in the southernmost main island of Kyushu in six hours flat amid plush comfort. That trip costs only $31.15 for a one-way economy-class ticket with a $20.70 surcharge for first-class...