Word: mana
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...situation is, we wouldn't be ready to take responsibility for a thousand years." AMAR MANA, 27, Iraqi private, about when Iraq's army will be ready to assume responsibility for internal security...
...miss the competition on March 31, where dancers vie for the title of Miss Aloha Hula. There's also a hula-themed parade that winds through downtown Hilo at 10:30 a.m. on April 2. Except for the competitions, all events are free. Get into the hula mana - that's Hawaiian for spirit. tel: (1-808) 935 9168; www.merriemonarchfestival.org
...miss the competition on March 31, where dancers vie for the title of Miss Aloha Hula. There's also a hula-themed parade that winds through downtown Hilo at 10:30 a.m. on April 2. Except for the competitions, all events are free. Get into the hula mana-that's Hawaiian for spirit. tel: (1-808) 935 9168; www.merriemonarchfestival.org
...what's wrong with that? says Hamilton lawyer Angeline Greensill, a leader of the Mana Maori Movement. After all, Maori have lost most of their land: "We started with 66 million acres and now we're down to 3 million." This and other wrongs mean New Zealand's half-million Maori "are not doing as well economically and socially and in health terms. You've got to have policies that address that and bring them up to the same level as white New Zealanders...
...their jeans, those teen-targeted labels recruit heavily from among the karisuma tenin (charismatic salesgirls) of the Shibuya 109 building. "They started hiring us because we wore different, interesting clothes and the magazines were using our pictures. For a while, everyone knew who I was," explains 23-year-old Mana Takai, now designer for Jassie, another trendsetting label. Almost in unison, every label that wanted to stay afloat asked their karisuma tenin to please, please design their clothes too. Even though most of them can't sew or draw and never went to design school, the labels recognize these women...