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...Cove was born of a shipwreck. Legend has it that the tiny hamlet on the coast of Nova Scotia was named for a woman pulled back from death at sea by a local sailor. The only survivor of a doomed ship, she was nursed back to health by her rescuer. They fell in love and married. Such romances and heartening miracles are woven into the visions of the village. At St. John's Anglican Church, two paintings that frame the altar serve as fonts of meditation: in one, a fisherman clinging to a tattered sail searches for a lighthouse amid...
...over Islam as the religion of Russia simply because, unlike Islam, it permitted its adherents to drink alcohol. Another legend tells the story of an 18th-century tsar who was saved by a peasant. Although the tsar offered to bestow all sorts of riches upon him, the tsar's rescuer asked simply for a piece of paper that would allow him to drink free anywhere in the empire. When he lost the piece of paper, he was given in its place a more permanent mark of the tsar's decree: a tattoo on his neck which he could flick with...
Robug III $1.3 million Designed as a nuclear-disaster rescuer by scientists in the wake of Chernobyl, it has eight spidery legs and suction-padded feet, allowing it to climb vertically. A human operator controls its movement via a TV screen...
Netanyahu perceives himself as a last-minute rescuer, sent to save a nation hijacked by a false peace process--much like his brother Jonathan, who died leading Israeli commandos sent to rescue Israelis hijacked at Entebbe Airport in 1976. But as an old commando, Netanyahu knows that victory depends on high morale and unified ranks. If he tries to fully impose the right-wing agenda, he will go to battle with only half the country behind him and the other half actively opposed...
...Baring, chairman of the bank, reportedly received a faxed letter from Leeson. According to the Independent, the trader apologized, provided a detailed account of his dealings and said "he doubted the two would ever meet again." When a weekend attempt by the Bank of England to round up a rescuer failed, Baring hinted that a conspiracy had led to the collapse of the institution his family established 232 years ago. But, says Emma Davey, managing editor of Futures and Options World: "Baring didn't have a clue what this is all about. There is a major cultural gap between...