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...demonstrate that the war overseas would be won only by preserving American liberty at home. The week after the raid, the Secret Service suggested a list of security measures at the White House: camouflaging the building, placing machine guns on the roof, covering the skylights with sand and tin. Roosevelt rejected most of the suggestions, to show that the capital stood unbowed--much as, a century earlier, Abraham Lincoln insisted that the construction of the Capitol dome be completed in the midst of the Civil War. Similarly, on Tuesday President Bush decided to end the day in Washington rather than...
...antique grooves. The songs have a sense of history and a sense of discovery; hearing them is like finding a stack of vintage records in an old uncle's attic. The opening track, Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum, churns to a boogie-woogie-ish beat; the radiant Moonlight evokes Tin Pan Alley crooning and Western swing; and on the song High Water, Dylan pays tribute to blues pioneer Charley Patton. "All my songs, the styles I work in, were all developed before I was born," says Dylan. "When I came into the world, that spirit of things was still very strong...
...every hiker in the Indian Himalayas gets this kind of reception. But be prepared for the unexpected if you leave the beaten track or the pilgrims' paths. This is a part of the world where having more than one husband is usual, sheepdogs wear protective tin ruffs to save them from leopards, and paths are often made of silver and gold quartz. And in these strange lands, foreigners are definitely exotic. Unlike Nepal where trekking is a developed industry and walking routes are lined with tea shops selling apple strudel and Swiss r?sti?one of my companions actually claimed...
...After all, what wealthy Westerner wouldn't pay to view ancient paintings in a gallery carved by the elements? So he and his entourage roam, from the black-and-white chessboard flats of Amadror?"I had no idea Nature could be so kitsch"?to the stone steeples of the Tin Ghergoh range, searching for fading ocher smears of mountain goats and jellyfish. Much of the art has been damaged, some by Islamic fundamentalists on a Taliban-like crusade to chisel the world into compliance with their interpretation of religious law. But most of the embellishments are by tourists. "Loulou...
...that are never documented. Remoteness isolates local cadres from responsibility, and they know that a bad safety record could jettison their hopes of promotion. It's the rare case that comes into full light: a few weeks ago, an unusually zealous national media discovered that the deaths of 77 tin mine workers in Guangxi province had been hidden for weeks...