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...stronger motivator than money. What drives me is a desire for a slice of history rather than of the resource pie. I am happy to settle for less stuff when I know that my life will leave a mark in time, whether the contribution is my own, my husband's or my children's. Desiree de Villiers Cape Town
...Alanoud says her family rarely visits these days. "It's such a long way, and there's so much happening around this part of the world that going there isn't necessary anymore." Nof doesn't travel there either, mostly because her husband forbids it. "We used to go a lot. We'd hop around to New York, L.A., Las Vegas," she says wistfully. "But my husband is from Ra's al Khaymah?that's the most northern emirate?and one of the bombers on the 9/11 planes was from there." Instead, they go to London, where Nof's husband...
...advocate and has the patience to deal with the demands of the megarich. He once canceled his New Year's Eve party because of a sudden request from St. Bart's. Then there are the unusual orders: the Parisian who wanted a diamond necklace for her cat and the husband who asked that a bracelet be sealed in a chocolate Easter...
...single mothers being coaxed from welfare to work. For the past 23 years, Mary Hinton has looked after children in her Ipswich, Queensland home; four days a week, she now cares for four children under three, for which she charges $A3.90 an hour per child. She and her retired husband have converted their garage into an activity room, and their grandchildren have grown up playing with the children she looks after. "They become like family," she says. For those who can afford it, nannies are another choice. Long waiting lists for day-care in her Auckland suburb are one reason...
...curious about how far the purity goes. If this is a crime, isn?t a woman who seeks an abortion at least a willing accomplice? Because, Hunt says, once more citing the findings of the task force, ?she may be dealing with a lot of pressure, from family, boyfriend, husband. We have a situation in which the woman may be getting so much pressure she?s not thinking clearly.? The doctor, on the other hand, ?should be operating in a calm and collected manner, have identified all the risks to the woman; he?s counseling the woman. We think...