Jim and Mary Dierberg recognized this potential when they came to Santa Barbara County in 1996 and fell in love with the stunning landscape.

BBC: A colourful journey into California��s wild interior

But now, four years after Zimbabwe tied its currency to the dollar and a power-sharing coalition took control, stabilizing the economy and the government, Christensen and many others like him are starting to work again in the landscape they know best and love most.

WSJ: Walk With the Animals

Philosophy and politics took up much of Hazlitt's mental landscape, but his love of the theatre, expressed in his work as a drama critic, is where he is at his most appealing.

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