She dropped the last few feet and started running, her pigtails flying, shoes clacking on the bricks.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Sabriel'

But there is no need to invest in a pack-pony or snow-shoes: by 1998 Europeans may be flying direct to Whitehorse.

ECONOMIST: Spirit of 1998

"Not just now, " he said, and I watched him walk away in his black cassock, his muddy shoes showing below the skirt, his long thinning hair flying above his head in threads.

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