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...that really the way most Americans feel about these roads? Many of us, after all, use them more for daily commutes rather than for recreational trips. And let's be honest -for the millions of metro commuters who endure daily knotted freeway traffic-jams, any portrayal of the Interstates as the latest incarnation of America's classic Open Road rings false. For them -perfectly happy, thank you, to wait to get back on the road again - these highways feel about as romantic as a digital clock...
...Petersburg, Kurkov grew up in Kiev, where his parents moved when he was 2. He learned Ukrainian, majored in foreign languages at college, and now writes essays in Russian, Ukrainian, English and German. He also speaks Japanese, his fluency in which nearly landed him a stint monitoring Japanese radio traffic for the kgb in 1985. To avoid that, he worked as a prison guard in Odessa, where his job was to write papers for political indoctrination classes. That took about 30 minutes a day. For the rest of his remaining 18 months at the prison, Kurkov penned children's books...
...South America, where he gives lectures and explores Brazil's "River of Doubt." He nearly dies, but later says, "I had to go. It was my last chance to be a boy." After he returns to the U.S., war breaks out in Europe, and the Panama Canal opens to traffic. The U.S. enters World War I in April 1917; 15 months later, T.R.'s son Quentin, 20, is killed in France. Devastated, Roosevelt declines to run (again) for Governor of New York. On Jan. 6, 1919, T.R. dies in his sleep at Sagamore Hill of a coronary embolism...
...this year for publicizing an illegal campaign of forced sterilizations and abortions, was removed from house arrest and taken away by police. Chen's whereabouts were unknown until June 11, when officials confirmed he was in jail. The odd charges against him include "gathering a crowd to disrupt traffic." His lawyer, Li Jingsong, who saw Chen last week, says his client is unbowed: "Spiritually, he's very strong...
...Still, despite a dusk-to-dawn curfew and checkpoints that have snarled traffic across the city, daily bomb attacks and sectarian killings have continued. U.S. officials stress that the security campaign is a long-term one, and its effectiveness can't yet be gauged. The insurgency, of course, remains determined to make it fail...