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...cost of a high-tech Spira, for a brand they have never heard of. Plus, the sneakers aren't dashing. "They're ugly," says Andy Krafsur. Spiras are in 700 retail shops, but they didn't test well at Foot Locker, the 4,000-store giant. "We need to establish ourselves in the small stores where people explain the technology," says Krafsur. "That's where Nike started." The company can't compete with Nike if the USA Track & Field ban isn't lifted; many serious runners won't touch an illegal shoe. Krafsur is fighting the rule. "They...
There is a group in the U.S. Senate so cautious that it meets regularly but has no name. Its mission, according to one attendee, is to establish a "haven of bipartisanship in a bitterly divided legislative body." How? Mostly by serving food and alcohol--paid for by lobbyists--to chiefs of staff on both sides of the aisle. A recent invite, sent from Tennessee Republican Lamar Alexander's office, urges guests to check out the swanky new Oya restaurant, known for its $15 rum cocktails and red crocodile bar top. The host of the upcoming event, according...
...settled-Islam will be the official religion of Iraq and it will be "a main source" of legislation rather than "the main source" of legislation, as many religious Shi'ites wanted. However, another article states that no laws passed may contradict Islam, which many fear will be used to establish a religious high court to vet legislation for Islamic consistency. This could be used to reduce the rights of Iraqi women, who enjoyed relatively liberal rights under Saddam's regime. Women's rights are an issue that U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has previously emphasized as vital to U.S. interests. There...
...when peace with the Palestinians seemed closer than ever, Avi never imagined that Dugit would be evacuated. Located so close to the Israeli border, these northern Gaza settlers were sure their villages would remain in Israeli hands. "It was Yitzhak Rabin (then Defense Minister) who gave the approval to establish Dugit," says Firouz. "He promised it would never be evacuated...
...establish the truth about the history of Africa” is Goal #1 of Panafest and enticement enough to compel your correspondent, a gadfly of colonial history and sensitive about sweeping, Pan-African pronouncements of historical truth, to hightail it to this one-time capital of Britain’s Gold Coast Colony (Cape Coast, Ghana) where the confab is gathering...