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Powwows can be stressful, satisfying for American Indian families With thundering drums and melodic chants filling the air, George Bearskin stepped into an ocean of vibrant colors to perform his traditional Grass Dance. CHINA HAILS THE CAB CHINA launched a new vehicle on the market yesterday - a gold version of the black London Hackney cab. It was unveiled at the Shanghai car show and guarded by Chinese teenagers in red uniforms and Buckingham Palace-style black bearskin hats. Queens bare skin guards Bearskin guards privates on parade in film. Russia Goes On A Shopping Spree After decades of privation, Russian consumers have a few rubles in their pockets--and they are eager to spend them. Guards go from bearskins to bare skins Four soldiers who guard the Queen in strife for exposing their privates and dancing in their bearskins. Dont punish people for driving their cars Driving a car is a source of freedom, one we frequently take for granted. Consider a trip from the Beverly or Salem to Bearskin Neck in Rockport - a distance of about 20 miles or so. Today, we hop in our cars and arrive there in a half-hour to spend the rest of our day in the sun. Health Calendar * Sunday - Womens Narcotics Anonymous, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, corner of Pine and Church streets; Al-Anon, 7:15 to 8:15 p.m., Bowen Room, Addison Gilbert Hospital. Use Washington Street entrance; AA open speakers, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., St. Johns Episcopal Church, 48 Middle St. Chinese firm unveils London black cabs As Chinese youths in red uniforms and Buckingham Palace-style black bearskin caps stood guard, Chinese automaker Geely Group unveiled a sparkling gold version of Londons famed black cabs that it plans to build in a joint venture with Britains Manganese Bronze Holdings Plc. Cell Phones, Cosmetics, Coffee: Russians Go on a Shopping Spree Pent-up demand for consumer goods is surging in Russia, thanks to seven years of oil-lubricated economic growth. After decades of privation under the Soviet system, many Russians now find themselves with rubles in their wallets, eager to buy a range of newly available items ranging from IKEA furniture to designer watches to expensive meals at restaurants. Its a retail revolution -- helped along ... The Prairie Star The night was colder than a well digger’s lunch bucket in Butte. Two big snowstorms in two weeks blessed us with freezing rain, tons of wet snow, black ice, and 3-foot icicles hanging off my roof. We always need the moisture, but pleasant visions of green pastures fled from my mind. | |||||||