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When the Three Gorges Dam is finished in 2009 and the reservoir fills his valley, all trace of this singular way of life will be washed away. Looking at the larch-wood coffins that Chen keeps with fatalistic practicality by his family's beds, one suspects that Chen hopes he, his wife and 94-year-old mother will have slipped off by then. Chen, now retired, is one of the trackers who dragged boats upstream through the Gorges in the days before motor transport became standard. Although trackers haven't worked the Yangtze for more than a decade, they...
...understand that this freedom is threatened. They enjoy their freedom solely because of those who were willing to defend it with their lives. Peace often has a price. War has been declared on our nation. How many more casualties will there be before the protesters recognize this? GARETT WOOD Santa Ana, Calif...
...Dark wood, red bricks and a stocked bar. Food, apps, yada yada. BEERS, 24 to be precise, on tap from $3.50 to $2.50 a pint. Christopher’s has an extensive Martini and frozen drinks menu but if you’re not careful your crawl will fall off its training wheels. You’re only at #2, freshman...
Matchett used a system called “lashing” to secure the poles. “It’s what sailors use to keep things together. You bind the wood together with rope, then wrap more rope around those bindings. The friction in the ropes keeps anything from slipping. I tell people, ‘Friction keeps me sleeping soundly at night’,” he explains. And the ropes do not budge. When in the “down” position the bed frame itself rests on the wooden structure. But when...
...construction to grace Leverett B-34. The roommates decided to partition the common room to form a fourth bedroom. But again, this is no common partition; it is not attached in any way to the ceiling, floor or walls. “We cut the vertical pieces of wood a little taller than the ceiling and just stood them up and jammed them into place. It’s immovable. And we were all pretty amazed at how well the wall turned out,” says Matchett...