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...other hand, could hardly care less about slavery. Acquaintances of mine—tough locals who make their living by conning, wooing or robbing foreigners—shuttled en masse to the festivities, sensing a gullible crowd. And they made out well, hocking cheap handicrafts and dubious tour-guide services at wildly inflated prices to these trusting Americans...
...lively group of Spanish students jostles at the visitors’ entrance to the European Parliament. It’s time for the official daily tour of the Parliament building, and, a first-time visitor to the Belgian capital, I am an eager participant. Yet when the tourists line up beside a guide, my heart sinks at the memory of dreary college campus tours in high school. The Spanish students instead are led off by their professors in another direction. They are on their own visit to the Parliament, and in hopes that no one will notice, I find myself...
...Army Apache helicopter pilot, delivers water to Sheehan's busy outpost. Sivacek left behind her husband and disabled five-year-old son on Monday and drove nonstop from Fort Rucker, Alabama to Crawford, pausing only to sleep in a Waffle House parking lot. Her husband served one tour in Iraq and, she says, he has not been handling the adjustment back home well. Despite his reservations, she felt she had to support Sheehan's anti-war protest...
Have you reprised your groupie role from Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous while on tour with your husband, Chris Robinson...
...years since Bratter started it, Project Renewment's cheerleading, brainstorming and 1960s-style consciousness raising have helped launch some impressive second acts. A former health-care executive has just returned from a photography tour of India and is mounting a gallery show. A corporate lawyer became a court-appointed special advocate for abused and neglected children. An ex--probation officer is now an actor...