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Beer was sold for $1 a cup and snacks including pizza, popcorn and cotton candy were free...
Mesmera's classes resemble those taught nationwide. Even in a beginners' class, most of the 20 students wear flowing skirts in cotton or gauze and scarves adorned with coins tied low on their hips. After breathing exercises, the students are instructed to twist their hips slowly in a figure 8 while extending their arms to the side. Later come side-to-side hip sways, pelvic thrusts and serpentine torso waves done to a rhythmic drumbeat. Occasionally classes are accompanied by live percussionists, and women play finger cymbals called zills, though CDs with Middle Eastern music and singing are often used...
...Drug Enforcement Agency can offer even rough estimates for how much hashish Afghanistan produces or what the trade is worth. But around Mazar it's almost impossible to find a field where hemp is not being grown, either openly or poorly hidden behind watermelons or knee-high cotton plants. "Everybody's farming chaars now," says former Taliban fighter Faizullah, 27, watering a verdant six-hectare oasis of hemp surrounded by desert. Cannabis used to be outlawed by the Taliban. "But now," says Faizullah, "it's a free...
...Technicolor Dreamcoat. The Shroud of Turin. DHAs. Not too many articles of clothing conjure the majesty and intrigue of these alluring garments, and the Harvard athletes who are privileged enough to wear the sacred grey cotton Harvard Department of Athletics sweats do so proudly. Naturally, those interested in capturing some DHA magic are legion. Non-athletes at Harvard are forced to procure DHAs through other means, and the intricate webs of girlfriends, family members and guys-that-lived-down-the-hall spun to capture these treasured swatches of fabric are staggering. These are their stories...
...National Spelling Bee Champion—posed the word “lisle” to Redd. “Could I have a definition please?” he asked, not recognizing the word as a small, tightly twisted thread usually made of long-staple cotton (duh). “L-I-E-L-E,” he guessed. “Actually,” Guey said, “that’s not right. But close...