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Colorado is lovely in the fall. But by all rights, it shouldn't be on a Democratic presidential candidate's travel schedule once October rolls around. In the past 40 years, only one Democrat has claimed the state's electoral votes. Democrats trail both Republicans and independents in party registration. Outside of Birkenstock-and-muesli enclaves like Boulder, Colorado is still culturally a frontier state...
...general, Colorado and its high-tech, adventure-travel economic base are somewhat insulated from the kinds of industrial shifts that have walloped Rust Belt states. But the exodus of wealth from Arapahoe has made it more vulnerable to economic downturn. In 2006 the county's foreclosure rate was five times the national average, and it's still one of the highest in the state. "When a flattening economy like we're experiencing now comes along," says Ritter, "they're going to be hit harder...
...they walk alone through pitch-black streets, passing threatening alleys every few yards. Surely, women must take some degree of responsibility for their personal security—a pitfall of some women’s advocacy groups is that they inaccurately envision a world in which women may travel as freely as men without worries—but in a school-type setting, a woman’s life can’t stop after sundown. The Staff points out that Harvard is an urban college. Urban or not, we are still college students and not Manhattanites, and this...
...Local conditions provide the ingredients that give rise to literature. Literature realizes the universal when the local is combined with universal experience. “Europeans live in very close proximity to other countries, and Americans do not,” Teskey also said. “Many Europeans travel to other countries and speak other languages, whereas Americans do not do so as often. But after spending much time in France, it is very interesting to see how important American literature is in France—American novels are translated very quickly...
...young sector is not exactly crowded. Two companies - Afghan Logistics and Tours and Great Game Travel - run most of the tours in the country, drawing and redrawing the map - on a daily basis - of where travel is advisable and where it's not. "Sometimes the whole population knows something and the tourist doesn't know," says Andre Mann, the American director of Great Game Travel who arrived in Afghanistan over three years ago. "The local officials, security networks and international organizations we have relationships with all give us a heads-up if they see a shift in tactics...