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...Nepal's woes are tragically intertwined. For generations, Nepalis have traveled abroad to escape poverty. But the stream has become a torrent thanks to the bloody insurgency, which has claimed 10,000 victims in the countryside since 1996. Some 15,000 Nepalese are working in Iraq, several hundred thousand more in Asia and the West, and 6 million in neighboring India. Sudarshan Khadka, 23, was planning to find a job in the Middle East until he saw the video on television last week and recognized his 19-year-old brother Ramesh lying face down in an Iraqi ditch. "The future...
...flood of particles it radiates make up 99% of all the matter in the solar system, earthlings have never been able to grab hold of much of that so-called solar wind, beyond a tiny bit collected by several of the Apollo missions. Earth's magnetic field causes the stream of hydrogen, helium and other elements the sun gives off to flow around our world like river water around a rock...
...playing simultaneously on Broadway. Commuting to the U.S., Wodehouse collaborated with Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin and Cole Porter. "Musical comedy was my dish," Wodehouse wrote of those happy days. "I would rather have written Oklahoma! than Hamlet.'" But the real money was in Wooster-shire. After a stream of popular stories about well-born wastrels, among them Bertie Wooster, Wodehouse introduced a valet named Jeeves. He paired the two to solve plot problems in The Man With Two Left Feet (1917), and the rest is history. To the many theories about the characters' origins, McCrum insightfully adds...
Even after the Spitzian attempt for a record harvest of gold had evaporated into the blazing heat, fans were too invested in the sheer breadth of Phelps' program to abandon their new Olympic hero. They continued to stream in, not just into the Aquatic Center in Athens but also via NBC's coverage. The pool venue sold out every day, according to organizers, and by Day Three, TV ratings exceeded those from the Sydney Games, no doubt owing to the unfolding drama of Phelps' staggering effort. --By Alice Park/Athens
With six-figure revenues and a steady stream of customers--from ladies who lunch to college women who crave cheap chic--Ripley has developed her business by throwing special events and selling clothing from up-and-coming designers like Zac Posen, vintage couture from Miami's Sasparilla boutique and costume jewelry. To bolster her national exposure, Ripley is launching an e-commerce site in September...