About two and a half hours west of New York City and three hours north of Philadelphia, in tiny Hawley, PA, Woodloch does merit the moniker "destination": With the exception of local-area activities such as kayaking, tennis and golf (the lauded Woodloch Springs Country Club course is directly across the road), all its amenities are offered on-site, with fitness center, spa facility, indoor pool, dining and lodging under one roof.

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It granted only limited leases, with the sole exception of the local headquarters of the Anglican church.

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Two of the three other foreign telecoms firms that were to build local networks have also put their projects on hold (the one exception, state-owned France Telecom, has pressed ahead for diplomatic reasons).

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National histories, he argues, are always local responses to broader trends, and to that rule the United States is no exception.

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The exception, known as the Shibaa farms, has, in the words of a local shepherd, grass to graze 10, 000 goats.

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