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| − | How much is a First Class stamp? <a href=" http://nssmaroc.com/nos-valeurs/ ">generic premarin</a> McCurry’s travels took him from places overwhelmed by sudden downpours to other regions desperate for rain. In the dry areas there was often a palpable tension in the air, “like straw in the throat”, and in one such place, the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, McCurry captured one of his most striking images. “The rains had failed in that part of Rajasthan for the past 13 years, and I wanted to capture something of the mood of anticipation before the monsoon hit. As we drove down the road, I could see a dust storm growing – it typically happens just before the monsoon breaks. We stopped the car. Some women and children were working on road maintenance, something they’re driven to do when the crops fail, and they clustered together to shield themselves from the sand and dust, singing and praying and barely able to stand.”
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