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...husband Ken Barratt. Both of them are active Quakers and wanted to visit the relatively large population of practicing Quakers in Bolivia. "Well, when we got there, the poverty was overwhelming, and the people were marvelous, and so back home we raised a bit of money"--a couple of thousand dollars--"and sent it to them. And then we went back the next year unannounced." The small donation had paid off. The Bolivians had finished a four-room schoolhouse and improved their water supply. Barratt had also sent some old chemistry equipment, and when she arrived, she found eight girls...
...Tell that to those still planning their winter vacations. Locals in Phuket, from hawkers to hotel managers, say tourists, spooked by the thought of a vacation in a disaster zone, have avoided the holiday mecca. Beaches crowded before Christmas with several thousand sun worshippers?and whose euros and dollars and renminbi directly or indirectly support 70% of the local population?now play host to just a few hundred. Hotel occupancy has plummeted from the usual 90% to just 10-15%. International carriers?including Thai Airways?have canceled some direct flights to the island. It's now possible to spend...
...Fourteen thousand astronomical targets. Groundbreaking observations of Shoemaker-Levy 9’s 1994 collision with Jupiter. Pictures of the closest supernova in four centuries. Star luminosity measurements suggesting that cosmic expansion is accelerating. Deep field images showing uncountable galaxies in every direction. Stellar photos that found their way into everything from coffee table books to children’s television shows. The Hubble Space Telescope is responsible for all of these and much, much more...
...been to weekend wine festivities in Beaune, and the town knows how to throw a party. St. Vincent is the patron saint of the grape harvest, and several thousand people--locals and international guests--are expected to fte him and put in a good word for the 2005 vintage...
...wanted to learn the nuances of the entertainment industry and then rule the joint. The “Harvardwood 101” intersession program was created by the Harvardwood organization, an LA-based group that seeks to connect current undergraduates to an estimated several thousand Harvard alumni in the entertainment industry. It was founded by Harvard alumni Mia Riverton ’99, Adam Fratto ’90 and Stacy Cohen ’89, who felt that Harvard lacks the resources for students wishing to explore the arts and entertainment industry...