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...rush hour. This week several peace groups plan to stage protests in at least 15 states--but don't expect the spectacle of Vietnam War--era rallies. "You can't burn a flag here," says Anne Marie Weiss-Armush, a longtime Dallas peace activist. "Here people are very image conscious, and the image of peace protesters is very weird...
Rebecca Elswit was born to be radical. "I've had the fire in my belly since I was 3 years old," she says. Rebecca's parents raised her to be politically conscious (her mother is a professor, her dad a lawyer). In high school and college, she campaigned for women's rights before turning her attention to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Last summer she waded into the intifadeh, living in the occupied territories and engaging in "loving and nonviolent action against the Israeli government...
...indulgence. "This season our truffle sales have doubled," says Covell. Event producer Francesca Abbracciamento, of Francesca Events, whose clients include Bill Clinton and Conan O'Brien, says, "Truffles have replaced the chocolate-dipped strawberry as the quintessential, elegant petit four." The treat is even being adapted for the health conscious. Veganstore.com a website for vegan products, carries a line of organic chocolate truffles. Pure De-lite Truffles, a maker of low-carb truffles, claims that its products are not only sugar-free but also free of wax, preservatives and artificial flavors. You can eat these truffles and not feel like...
...ought to veil. This external sign of faith seemed harder for her nominally Lutheran family to accept than her new beliefs. Even today, "my mother feels I am singling myself out," she says. "She's embarrassed." But Roald is not. As a convert, she says, she is so self-conscious about other issues, such as doubts about her objectivity as a researcher on religion, that she doesn't worry about people's views on sartorial matters. Though she deems Norway and Sweden "maybe the best places for Muslims to live" in the West, the mood has changed. Islam has become...
...part of a lucrative fund raiser sponsored by the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). But parents fought the state for a special waiver; in exchange, they made some minimal concessions, such as serving pretzels instead of chips alongside the hot dogs. "You could make it a little more health conscious if you skipped the fries and put an apple [with the KFC]," says Candy French, an Oak Park PTO council co-president. Says Patty Jacobs, another PTO co-president: "A nutritious lunch is a lost cause...