• On a good day the river would be tinged scarlet as far north as Rush Street, and nobody paid much notice.

    FORBES: A most unromantic river

  • There is a good view of the river and valley from here.

    BBC: A Danube-led tour of Budapest

  • David Roche's analysis of deflationary pressure on world markets brought about by China's seemingly endless pool of cheap manufacturing labor is a good one (" Tributary to the river of deflation, " Sept. 16).

    FORBES: A river runs deep

  • Books in contention included Jamil Ahmad's The Wandering Falcon, Tahmima Anam's The Good Muslim, Amitav Ghosh's River of Smoke, Mohammed Hanif's Our Lady of Alice Bhatti and Uday Prakash's The Walls of Delhi.

    BBC: Booker nominee wins Asian literary prize

  • Recently, hip denizens have been flocking to the districts along both banks of the River Arno, where new osterias (a casual eatery), restaurants and rooftop bars with views of the river and cityscape attract a good-looking crowd.

    BBC: Living in: Florence

  • "I tried to stay between second and fourth place for most of the race and on the final lap, when I got to the tunnel, by the river, my legs still felt good, " he said.

    CNN: Di Centa gives Italy fairytale end

  • But unlike the nearby Beaverkill River, which has spawned countless very good books, the Upper Delaware, for some reason, lacked that one great book that every one of its fishermen needed to own.

    FORBES: Catskills Fly Fishing Book

  • We had clear title to 480 acres of good bottom land on the south bank of the Arkansas River not far from Dardanelle in Yell County, Arkansas.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'True Grit'

  • The sooner that you take care of these details, the sooner you can get to the important stuff: kayaking on the river, playing on the beach, reading a good book, enjoying a nice barbecue and listening to the squeals of joy at the sights of the first lightning bugs of the season.

    FORBES: Summer Tax Deadlines Approaching

  • The practice of inviting guests to sit in the House Gallery is a tradition dating back to 1982 when president Ronald Reagan recognized Lenny Skutnick -- a good Samaritan who pulled a survivor out of the frozen Potomac River in Washington after an Air Florida plane crashed into the 14th Street Bridge.

    CNN: Banker in Obama speech recognized for his generosity

  • But this is a wakeup call for us to realize that the old idea of the black father who works for the River Rouge Ford plant in Detroit - that was a good thing.

    NPR: Roundtable: Chrysler's Deep Cuts, 'Rebranding' Africa

  • Near dusk, another good viewing time, the cranes will gather on the sandbars in the river, reversing their grand morning exit.

    BBC: Nebraska��s awe-inspiring crane migration

  • The further they are from the river banks, the lesser their chance of getting attacked, so the sandbars in the middle of the river fill up first, with the birds jostling for a good place.

    BBC: Nebraska��s awe-inspiring crane migration

  • The weather was excellent and it was most pleasurable to sit on deck with a good drink and watch history unfold while leisurely passing castles, churches, deep river gorges and numerous locks along the way.

    FORBES: Watching History Unfold: A Cruise Expert Takes His First River Cruise

  • As I write, the French air force is bombing militant positions and arms dumps on the northern edge of the Tegharghar, around the village of Tessalit, a beautiful little oasis located next to a river that floods every June and July, if the rains are good.

    BBC: Camel train in the desert

  • The farm backs onto the river Severn and lies in its meadows, so the fields receive a good watering every winter.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Flooding takes its toll on farms

  • The Environment Agency said 80% of river flows were now above normal or higher, with reservoirs showing a good recovery and just 11 groundwater sites below normal water levels - and two "exceptionally low".

    BBC: Hosepipe bans: Final four companies lift restrictions

  • Broad and Anderson would no doubt have arrived at the ground thinking it was a good day to bowl, given largely overcast skies and the notorious swinging conditions beside the River Trent.

    BBC: Kiwis reeling after Anderson haul

  • River dwelling tribes that number less than a thousand strong worry that when the diversion is through, the river will no longer be navigable and may see some Xingu tributaries dry out for good, impacting their way of life and a key route to the city of Altamira nearby.

    FORBES: No End To Brazil's 'Pandora Dam' Drama

  • Minsheng's former reputation for good management was still alive in Chongqing, and it stood in stark contrast to that of the Yangzi River Steamboat Company.

    ECONOMIST: The benign ghost of Lu Zoufu

  • Hotel Skala is a good-value stay in the town of Zemun, a five-minute walk from the banks of the Danube river.

    BBC: Mini guide to Belgrade, Serbia

  • Now it is neat and prosperous, with several good hotels (though the guests are mainly aid workers, and a big new golf resort being built across the river seems heroically ambitious).

    ECONOMIST: A crop that refuses to die

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