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Bill Anderson and Lorie Strait hadn't read Peter Mayle before they bought a home in Provence in 1996 for their retirement. But life in their stone house, situated amid fields of lavender and groves of oak, could easily provide a sequel to A Year in Provence...
...storm has been brewing in Nashville over just who is country and who ain't. The two fronts converged at last week's Country Music Association Awards, where the contemporary DIXIE CHICKS took home four trophies while traditionalists George Strait and Alan Jackson won the Vocal Event category for Murder on Music Row, a duet that condemns country's pop trend with lines like "The almighty dollar and the lust for worldwide fame slowly killed tradition and for that someone should hang." Spooky. Making light of it all is a song called I'd Give My Right Nut to Save...
...importance of good guides is confirmed again on my second afternoon at the lodge. In a boat on Johnstone Strait, we catch sight of three orcas, otherwise known as killer whales. Paul Chaplow, who has spent the past 10 years in these waters, reveals the identities of the three orcas. What were moments ago little more than anonymous dorsal fins zipping by in dark waters became R2, a 62-year-old mom, and her two sons, R3, age 44, and R12, 34. Because their society is matriarchal, the sons will remain with their mother until she dies. The whales, remarkable...
While Bush also supports bringing China into the WTO, Gore said the Republican supports current legislation that would inflame tensions across the Taiwan Strait...
...like a mansion, and there were 100 servants." Chen quickly discovered that local peasants had "much worse lives" than farmers in China. He and his fellow illegals were not fleeing desperate poverty. Their coastal province is relatively well off for China: Fujian gets investment from Taiwan, just across the strait, and the land is fertile enough to feed everyone. But Fujianese have a centuries-old tradition of emigration, peopling many Chinatowns around the world; the young grow up with the idea of emigrating to join their rich overseas relatives. What China denies many is opportunity. At home Chen was making...