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...exposure to international trends have built up a critical mass of Thai consumers with a taste for fashion and money to spend, creating demand for domestic designs that suit Thailand's climate and social scene without breaking the bank. Meanwhile, Thailand's Ministry of Industry?in an effort to shift the country's garment industry, which generated $3.25 billion in exports last year, higher up the value chain?has been nurturing the local designers, spending $45 million since 2003 to promote Bangkok as a fashion hub, sponsoring fashion shows, trade fairs and magazines, and helping to establish the Bangkok International...
...successful, it must take the form of collective action—while individual protest may do little to affect a corporation’s practices, an organized, widespread boycott can have a major impact, as shown by the public campaign that triggered Starbucks’ shift to “fair trade” coffee...
...justified his proposal by saying “that I was compromised by my appointment in the FAS,” according to Ellison, who then and now held the Cowles professorship in the FAS Anthropology Department.When he heard that another attendee at the meeting told others that the shift “might well happen,” Ellison offered to resign, according to his account.After Summers heard about the offer, he contacted Ellison and, in a “heated” phone conversation, agreed to write a letter stating that the proposal would not be carried...
...George?s announcement came just days before a meeting in Austin, Texas, of the National Review Board, a lay body set up to monitor the sex abuse scandals and craft policies for dealing with the problem. The Chicago policy shift is sure to dominate the agenda, especially since it could actually mark a break from canon law, which dictates that priests cannot be removed until they have legal representation and allegations have been substantiated. A spokeswoman for the archdiocese said: "Whatever the Cardinal decided to do, it will have to conform with canon law. But the Cardinal has said...
...check can simply be expressions of courtesy and not patronizing for either party, students argued yesterday. “Every couple is different and should talk about what they want to include [in their relationship],” Sophie B. Besl ’08 said. But a shift from discussion of traditional gender roles to a conversation about balancing sexual power with pleasure aroused more cynical views. “Heterosexual hooking-up is more difficult for feminists because it’s easier for guys to get off than women,” said Tatiana H. Chaterji...