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Column: Irish adventure creates new perspective for traveler
The hills are spectacularly green there. Much greener than anything we have here. They almost radiate and pulse with a blinding shamrock glimmer. There’s a mist that crawls over and through them in the early morning.
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Column: Memories of a trip to help Haiti
One of my first and most powerful memories of Haiti was a little boy named Ronald living at an orphanage in Gressier. His family gone, Ronald looked up at me through prematurely wearied eyes and gave a smile, all the while cradling his battered and untreated right arm.
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Americans Abroad: Orange crushed
In nearly every corner of the world, soccer is followed with passion and reverence normally reserved for religion; our two-part ”Americans Abroad” series aims to catch football fever through the eyes of U.S. citizens in Spain and the Netherlands.
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3-D: How it works, why it hurts
As 3-D films climb the summer box office charts, and 3-D televisions make their way into the home, a U. Minnesota professor has taken a closer look at how the technology works. Dr.
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How Not to Find French Housing
PARIS, France–Good, affordable housing in Paris is a real problem. I’ve been in Paris for less than a month, and I’ve already switched four times. In the process, I have slowly and painfully accumulated some wisdom that I would now like to share. 1.
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The Men of Bafana Bafana
KWAZULU-NATAL, South Africa—I never expected the sound I would associate with my time in South Africa to be that of a cheap, obnoxious, plastic trumpet. But since the first week of my two-month stay in KwaZulu-Natal, vuvuselas have been the soundtrack of my summer.
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Column: Let me read my book
A few weeks ago, I flew from Washington, D.C., to Lexington. I tried to pack light to avoid checking any bags (my particular airline charges $30 per bag). So of course, I decided to bring along my brand new Amazon Kindle to avoid having to fill my carry-on with a large book.
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A culinary trip through Ireland
Irish food is more than potatoes, and much more than the caricature of corned beef and cabbage with a pint or two of Guinness (although any meal is improved with a pint or two of Guinness).
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Column: Language barriers part of abroad experience
I was supposed to buy “hielo” (ice) for the fruit juice we were making for the patients at the foundation where I am volunteering, but I thought I heard “lulo” (oranges) instead.