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...Year. Business is booming, too: co-director Andrée Austin says the company opened a new factory last year to cope with increased demand, and will be launching a facial line in the very near future. That ought to give the term "fair trade" an even better complexion than before...
...explanation for a lot of the shame and embarrassment in the family." As an adult, Kennedy had learned that his mother's family belonged to a mixed-race group called Melungeons who lived in the Appalachians. While their exact ethnic origins are unclear, Melungeons were united by their dark complexion and the discrimination they faced from lighter-skinned neighbors. Kennedy became so interested in his heritage that he wrote a 1994 book called The Melungeons. But it wasn't until he took the DNA test, he says, that he felt he had unlocked the mystery of his ancestry...
...that when others doubt and hesitate, Reagan trusts freedom--in politics, in trade, in prayer. When the Soviet double defector Vitaly Yurchenko spilled his story in Moscow to embarrass Reagan just before the summit, the President leaned back and listened. Yurchenko said the CIA drugged him and his complexion turned green, then they took him out to play golf so he could get a tan, and next they escorted him to dinner with the CIA's director Bill Casey, whose fly was unbuttoned. Reagan doubled up with laughter. So did the free world, the people Moscow was trying to impress...
...play not made here or there at the end of the Brown game,” Murphy said, “and the season could have taken on an entirely different complexion...
...converge better than in the southwestern state of Kerala. Its lush coastline has been a magnet for seafarers for centuries, and its cuisine still bears Portuguese, Jewish and Arab influences. These join a native storehouse of ingredients rich with Ayurvedic properties: turmeric is said to be good for the complexion, and cinnamon for digestion; curry leaves, some claim, help fight cancer. The groaning buffet at Samuel's restaurant, Marari Beach, tel: (91) 478 286 3801, near Alleppey, is an excellent place to sample this kaleidoscopic cooking. Besides fresh seafood, you'll enjoy typical dishes like banana flower with grated coconut...