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...Here in the Black Rock desert, a sandstorm caused a white out last Monday and again on Saturday, but on this day, it was clear and windless. Irving, bare-chested beneath a rainbow-colored vest, and a straw pith helmet festooned with a lei of red, purple, blue and yellow silk flowers, looked like he'd just arrived. Which, come to think of it, he had, after a two-day drive in a truck from his summer place in Montana...
...however, is a more dangerous threat: greening, a condition caused by the Asian Citrus psyllid, a sap-sucking insect invader from overseas whose depredations began three years ago. Unlike canker, greening spreads from tree to tree without the aid of heavy winds or rain. Greening, also called huanglongbing or yellow dragon disease, creates misshapen and bitter fruit and eventually renders the infected trees useless for commercial cultivation. As soon as the insects appeared, greening was detected in all 32 citrus-producing counties in Florida, as well as in Louisiana and Texas...
Obama takes an unusually hands-on approach to his speech writing, more so than most politicians. His best writing time comes late at night when he's all alone, scribbling on yellow legal pads. He then logs these thoughts into his laptop, editing as he goes along. This is how he wrote both of his two best selling books-Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope-staying up after Michelle and his two young daughters had long gone to bed, reveling in the late night quiet. For this speech Obama removed himself from the distractions at home...
...stroll around the observatory on any given day is to sample the local grudges and global grievances that draw protesters from across India. A bureaucratic spelling error has brought a group of Dhangars, dressed in the red and yellow colors of their tribe, here for the fourth time from the western state of Maharashtra. "We hope this time our voice will be heard," says the group's leader, Gunderao Bansode. Under Indian law, certain castes and tribes are guaranteed places in educational institutes and legislatures, as well as government jobs. The Dhangars are supposed to share these advantages. But they...
...rain-delayed final was played under a steady drizzle. China took an early lead, but the Americans pushed ahead from a 17-17 tie to take the first set 21-18. The stadium distributed free plastic ponchos in pastel green, yellow, blue and pink that left the fans looking like soggy gumdrops. The rain fell harder in the second set. The players shrugged off the conditions. "It's harder being a fan than a player," May-Treanor said later of the rain. "This is another reason we play in swimsuits...