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...ambition for thousands. Unemployment is 40%. Crime and drug addiction still thrive, and AIDS has decimated the population. Bryer says several of the choir members are HIV positive; many others are the sole breadwinners for extended families that include several AIDS orphans. Even if it had the money to flaunt its success, the choir decided early on not to do so, but instead to channel its energy and fund-raising abilities toward community projects, particularly the choir's own AIDS orphan foundation, Vukani. "We couldn't lose touch with what's happening in Soweto, even if we wanted to," says...
...underscores three alarming features of the current international system. First, it exposes the chill in relations between the U.S. and Russia, which is making it difficult for the U.N. Security Council to meet 21st century collective-security challenges. Putin has used the Kosovo standoff as yet another excuse to flaunt his petro-powered invincibility, sending his likely successor, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, to Belgrade to sign a gas agreement. If a firm international response is to be mobilized toward Iran, Sudan or other trouble spots in the coming years, the U.S. will have to find a way to persuade...
...Loud, arrogant all-stars have plenty to say about their outstanding skills and performance, but Harvard sophomore wrestler J.P. O’Connor doesn’t like to flaunt his All-American talent...
...form of a headband or beanie—even if your Harvard experience has been less than perfect? Ultimately, we have a right to feel proud of, and attached to, the institution we attend, just like students at Cal, Northwestern, or Dartmouth. Though we shouldn’t flaunt our college enrollment, we certainly need not go to manic lengths to hide it. So consider investing in a simple Harvard hoodie—it’s a way to show campus pride without coming off as condescending. They’re cozy, and crimson just happens...
...DOLLAR CHEST by Jimmie Martin Money talks, but should it shout all over French antiques? Design duo Jimmie Martin (they're Swedes living in London) paint venerable items in gold and silver leaf and graffiti them with if-you've-got-it-flaunt-it slogans and symbols. Fashion designer Paul Smith says new-Brit design twists the classics; here, it positively makes them reel. www.jimmiemartin.co.uk