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...last bright moments of 2001. December brought the memory of myriad traditions--the lighting of the tree in Rockefeller Center, the annual Avon hayride, the Aon party at the World Trade Center--that Hilary used to share with her father. As with everything else, she insisted things proceed as usual, even if a male cousin or a friend's father had to act as an understudy, and then regretted it the second the event started. One of Hilary's favorite parts about Christmas was her father's ineptitude with gifts. Ginny was in charge of the present buying, but George...
This comforting after-school scene could be happening anywhere in America, but outside the bedroom window, wild green parrots are feasting on berries in a jamun tree, and from a distance comes the scratchy voice of a muezzin revving up his loudspeaker for the afternoon prayer call. Sana and her family live in a wealthy suburb of Lahore, Pakistan, where her satellite television pulls in the standard Pakistani and American fare: MTV, Friends, syrupy Pakistani romances, a few minutes of Oprah until something better comes along. But a year ago, the images stopped being such a laugh...
...Lately, however, the fortunes of the local industry have turned. A global crash in coffee prices forced plantation owners to seek new revenues to keep their operations afloat. Some have diversified by raising other crops, such as vanilla beans. Others capitalized on the natural beauty of the area's tree-covered, gently rolling hills, and have transformed parts of their estates into upscale resorts. Starting with just 12 Tudor-style cottages and 10 hectares in 1994, the Ramapurams built Orange County Resort, named for the orange trees that grew here before a blight destroyed the orchards a dozen years...
...partnership as a key component of a strategy to protect the environment. So, while the planet may be a long way from being saved, when the corporate titans so often accused of being among its worst abusers see the need to spend two weeks making common cause with the tree-huggers, there may be a light at the end of the tunnel...
...days, sometimes weeks. They had to ramble for miles cross-country to gather wild fruits, grains and nuts and to dig underground tubers. If they wanted to eat something sweet, they had to locate a beehive, smoke out the bees and retrieve the honey, often by climbing up a tree or chopping it down...