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...first-ever issue, dated August 1980, the iconic style magazine i-D exhorted its youthful readership to "join us on [an error occurred while processing this directive]the run" through the worlds of fashion, art, music and street culture. Just over 25 years later, it isn't merely still running - it's setting the pace for a whole new generation of divas, scenemakers and designers. The magazine is commemorating its quarter-century with i-Dentity, a touring exhibition that charts its progress from parochial house journal of London's punk movement to a global fashion title featuring such figures...
...school, according to Ana Vargas, a Chicago public schools spokeswoman. In Los Angeles, some 72,000 students in 6th to 12th grades skipped classes, according to the Los Angeles Unified School District. Ulises Estrada, a 16-year-old student at South Dade High School in Homestead, Fla., said he joined a local march because he has been waiting for legalization since he was a year old - when his parents brought him over the border with them from Yucatan, Mexico. "I speak fluent English. I study hard, and I want to join the Army when I graduate," he said. "Without...
...those who did not advocate boycotting school or work were still able to participate in the day's events. In Los Angeles and New York City, rallies were scheduled for 4 p.m., so school-age kids wouldn't miss classes. Still others planned to attend church services or to join the protests during their lunch breaks. Rather than simply walk off the job, some workers requested paid time off or shifted their regular work schedule to later in the day. Orlando Garcia, a native of Honduras who now owns a trucking business in Miami, took the day off to attend...
...Joining the Jihad In 1989 he leaves Jordan to join the Islamic holy war in Afghanistan. He arrives too late to fight the Soviet occupying forces but gets his first taste of the mujahedin lifestyle...
...Terror Base Released in a general amnesty in 1999, al-Zarqawi returns to Afghanistan and the jihad. He meets Osama bin Laden in 2000 but doesn?t join al-Qaeda. He runs a terrorist-training camp in western Afghanistan...