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...type community and I realized that if I wanted to have the broad mix of friends I was used to, I would need to join some kind of social organization. It was much later, in my junior year, that I met several spirited women, who were starting a sorority--Delta Gamma--and would up going Greek...
...beyond the bayous and prairies of backcountry Louisiana. Among them are the scholarly accordionist Mark Savoy; guitar virtuoso Sonny Landreth; Michael Doucet, the leader of the fiery Cajun band Beausoleil; and Zydeco players like Keith Frank, Geno Delafose and Terrance Simien, whose dynamic marriage of white Cajun and black Delta blues offers a thrilling alternative to rap and processed...
...Clapton. A long-time sideman for such musicians as John Hiatt and John Mayall, the Mississippi-born, Lafayette-bred Landreth also played with Chenier in his prime. His first major-label solo album, 1992's Outward Bound, displayed a brilliant command of styles, including Chet Atkins-style flat picking, Delta blues and slide guitar. His most recent album, South of I-10 (referring to the interstate that bisects Louisiana), is even better. Creole Angel, for example, features a Zydeco-like repeated riff that builds to an overpowering climax. Landreth's variety of accents embraces the joyous cultural fusion that...
...factory to make tires. "We are stuck," says Tran Le, deputy director of the company. "We have to get [provincial government] approval to spend $30. We have ambitious targets, but until we are independent, the foreign companies don't want to sign a deal." Rice farmers in the Mekong Delta, traditionally Vietnam's breadbasket, face a similar problem. In 1990 the government allowed them to sell on the open market, a move that helped make Vietnam the world's third largest rice exporter, behind the U.S. and Thailand. But rice is now deemed a strategic commodity and thus...
...another decade to catch up with the rest of Southeast Asia. At the same time, inefficient industries must be closed and unneeded workers laid off. The country's infrastructure is virtually nonexistent. To reach Ho Chi Minh City from Can Tho, the heart of the Mekong Delta's rice and seafood region, requires two ferry crossings and more than five hours of driving on what is considered a good two-lane road. The distance is only 80 miles...