Word: mandinka
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Among some West African Mandinka, the help of a maternal grandmother has been linked with a halving of the under-5 mortality rate. Similar benefits were shown in Finnish farming communities in the 18th century. African parents still counsel a marriageable son, "First find yourself a good mother." They are talking about his future mother-in-law, not his future wife...
Long before The A-Team became a hit television show, Sears had its own Mr. T. In a polite and personable way, Chairman Edward Riggs Telling, 65, who is 6 ft. 2 in. and 220 Ibs., can be as tough in his sphere as that big bruiser with the Mandinka haircut. A former colleague recalls that Telling once delivered a friendly but firm ultimatum to the man ager of a money-losing store. "You know your job is on the line," said Telling. "This is September, and I don't see any reason why you can't turn...
...lower-case t a lecture from upper-case T, who explains, "You gotta be your own original." When you're 15 years old, 4 ft. 2 in. and the star of a sitcom in its sixth season, that kind of advice is about as useful as a Mandinka toupee...
...followers of having a sneaking fondness for dirty movies ("The next time I see one of them in a movie line I'm gonna put the majority of my foot up his moral butt"). Murphy can do creepily precise parodies of Bill Cosby, Stevie Wonder and the Mandinka-coiffed Mr. T. If venom rather than vinegar laced these creations, they would prove too toxic for the TV audience. But behind them is the impish good will of a little boy exercising his craft, cadging merrily for laughs...
...bankrupt cab company in the capital, who go about solving kidnapings and helping out old ladies. But in between takes, even Mr. T needs a little sprucing up to get that exterior to look sufficiently menacing. His haircut was inspired by his research ten years ago into the Mandinka tribe of West Africa. But only his hairdresser dares to tease the result...