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...from Bono) launched Edun, a socially conscious apparel line for men and women, in the spring of 2005 with a mission to bring fair employment and trade to the attention of the fashion industry. They also wanted their clothes to look good. "We want it to be a business model that people will follow. People want fair trade, but they don't want hair shirts," says Hewson, who is involved in Edun Live, a project that aims to provide immediate job growth in African communities through a merchandising program selling organic cotton T shirts for use as promotional items...
...harder—for students to switch concentrations” under the new system.After the meeting, Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby said that the life sciences cluster—which will be administered by a range of departments, including chemistry and anthropology—provides a model for other areas to follow.“What you see here is a decoupling of departmental structure with the curricular structure,” Kirby said.Yesterday’s meeting was markedly less contentious than recent sessions, but it was not without a dash of drama.Early on, University President...
...Roman Catholic Church, St. Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Church, the United Methodist Church of Allston, and Kadimah Toras-Moshe. According to State Representative Michael Moran, who says he has many friends who grew up in Charlesview, the apartments are “the perfect model for affordable housing networks.”At a meeting of the Tenant’s Association in March, evaluations of the land swap were passed out in five languages. A mix of white and black, Hispanic, Korean and Chinese, the residents represent a broad swath of the American working class...
...several assumptions, “including that an advanced alien civilization is signaling out.” Big assumption, maybe, but Horowitz has always been up for the challenge. At eight, he became the world’s youngest licensed amateur radio operator. More recently, he served as a model for the protagonist in astronomer Carl Sagan’s novel Contact, made into a 1997 movie starring Jodie Foster. Fame can bring glory, but not necessarily little green men—or their flashing lights...
...Bush opposed that model, having learned the lessons of his father's experience with John Sununu perhaps a little too well. The family lore holds that 41 was misserved by Sununu, who often took as hard a line with the President's allies as with his enemies, and many in the party believe that it was George W. Bush who fired him (both myths are a little at odds with the real story). But in any case, the strong chief model was still much in disfavor inside Bushland even by 2000. No strong chief of staff for me, said...