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...NAPA VALLEY WINE TRAIN DAY-TRIPPING ON THE BACCHANALIAN EXPRESS...
...French proverb "a day without wine is like a day without sunshine" fits the Napa Valley to a T. Even on the rare cloudy days, there's plenty of sunshine aboard the Napa Valley Wine Train, a 10-year-old cruise ship on land that offers white-linen dining--and plenty of the local agricultural product--on a three-hour rail voyage through the heart of California's famed wine country...
...invited by Chef Finney to stroll down to the mahogany-paneled galley and look into the kitchen, where his crew does its thing. And of course there is the train's nucleus, the wine-tasting car, where you can learn more about the featured beverages and other Napa Valley attractions before you return to your starting point...
...Mommy" is Commander Kathleen McGrath, who next week is expected to mark a historic first: she will be the first American woman ever to take a warship to sea. Back on land, women have already smashed through ceilings that once seemed to be made of unbreakable glass, from Silicon Valley to the State Department. But change has come more slowly to the hidebound military. Only 12 of the Navy's 220 admirals are women...
...covered George W. Bush, Chinese espionage and Kosovar refugees, also has a second story in this issue. "The Faces of India's Future" profiles four brave individuals who are working to change India. Last September, Ratnesar and Stein teamed up to write GetRich.com, an inside look at Silicon Valley e-commerce entrepreneurs seeking to make millions, fast. This week the pair takes us inside the do-it-yourself dotcom scene, where everyone from Stephen King to scruffy indies is using the Internet to distribute his own music, TV, film and books. Ratnesar is now based in London...