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...able to answer Lula's call," he explains. "I never imagined he'd call on me. I don't think he should have - I thought others would be more useful, that he might need someone with more conventional qualifications. But he opted to be daring. He touched my hair and said, 'I want you with your dreadlocks.'" Though Brazil's population is 45% black, Gil and Social Assistance Minister Benedita da Silva are only the second and third black ministers in its history (football legend Pelé was the first). "We belong to the real Brazil that is finally starting...
...Najaf, base of the 1991 Shia rebellion, a woman laughs as I struggle with my slippery hijab, then helps tie the scarf that covers my hair. Is she scared of war, I ask, miming planes and bombs. She shrugged and pointed to the sky. God will decide. Then she turns to pray at the beautiful, golden shrine. She looks extremely devout, and perhaps her God is listening. She is praying for peace...
Similar to the previously released Women’s Guide to Harvard and Harvard Asian American Association’s guide, the Black Guide will combine practical listings for restaurants, hair salons and churches with in-depth historical research and essays...
...TELL THAT WAR is drawing close is to visit an army town. In Hinesville, Ga.--adjacent to Fort Stewart, home of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division--the barbershop outside the base's main gate has started trimming women's hair because the number of $5 buzz cuts favored by G.I.s has dropped 70%. By the time the entire division is shipped out to Kuwait, the town's population will have shrunk by a third...
...reductions in pollution all around us. Companies as sophisticated as Dow or GE, first-rate companies, will produce good, responsible products. But technological change won't automatically bring about environmental protection. Consider product tagging, which is about to expand in the market in a big way. You buy a hair dryer at the drugstore, and there's a gizmo on the box that looks like a circuit or a circle of wires, and it sets off a buzzer if you leave without paying--that's one variety of product...