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Cleveland, shivering in her crimson hoodie and jeans, shoots him a look, but she’s smiling. An army brat most recently of Waynesville, Mo., Cleveland says her father’s position in the military isn’t the most important factor for her politically...
...steam baths recently reserved a premier bungalow at Oberoi's Mauritius resort, he discovered upon arrival that he wouldn't have to bother walking the 20 yards to the spa because management had installed a personal sauna in the garden of his villa. "It's all about the wow factor," says Henry Gray, general manager of Oberoi's Udaivilas resort in Udaipur, India. "Nothing impresses this type of guest more than to walk in and find that their desires have been anticipated...
Sports simply wasn't a factor in a country where, since the days of Confucius, education levels and test scores dictated success. So Nike executives set themselves a potentially quixotic challenge: to change China's culture. Recalls Terry Rhoads, then director of sports marketing for Nike in China: "We thought, 'We won't get anything if they don't play sports.'" A Chinese speaker, Rhoads saw basketball as Nike's ticket. He donated equipment to Shanghai's high schools and paid them to open their basketball courts to the public after hours. He put together three-on-three tournaments...
...especially anthropometry, the study of human body measurements. As Peabody Director of External Relations Pamela Gerardi explains, the exhibit highlights the photos as anthropology, not art. They were taken in pre-Franz Boas era, before modern anthropology’s focus on cultural rather than race as the defining factor in the differences among peoples...
...factor in that they haven’t beaten us since 1995 and it makes them all the more dangerous because it’s just killed them to be in that situation,” Murphy said...