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...Kharga Oasis, some 125 miles southwest of Luxor, Egypt, is hardly the first place you'd think to look for mummies. No pyramids loom there; no mausoleums mark it as a portal through which Egyptian nobles entered the afterlife. Think of it as the Peoria of Pharaonic times, a backwater where ordinary peasants and farmers lived and died--and left pretty ordinary remains...
Well I have to confess that I eat McDonalds andBurger king and others when I travel in thiscountry because I go back to see my mother in Iowaand my in-laws live in Illinois and drive back andforth between Illinois and southwest Iowa a coupletimes a year, and I usually stop along the roadjust to find out what's going...
...Butte has been perversely proud of its strange monument. Townsfolk, in fact, celebrate the acid lake, which, deceptively green and picturesque, sparkles on postcards. The Chamber of Commerce runs a trolley to the viewing stand and gift shop that it operates high over the waters. "Biggest tourist draw in southwest Montana," a chamber official crows. But even as visitors stream in, authorities must take elaborate steps to scare away waterfowl with loudspeakers, firecrackers and a boat. Such precautions weren't in place three years ago, when migrating Canadian snow geese had the misfortune to touch down on the waters...
...South by Southwest: Next year's Music picks...
While the Nation's youth head to the beach for Spring Break, representatives from record companies across the country convene to determine what they will be listening to next year. Held in Austin, Texas, The South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) Began this Wednesday and runs through this Sunday. Less messy than Sundance, but not without similar intentions, cell phones and diner dates descend on a small unassuming college town. So relax this spring, because the future of pop is in good hands...