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...original musical talent to have come out of Brazil in three decades. That's no small statement. Music in Brazil is like sunlight: it's natural, it's elemental, it illuminates every building, every river bend, every aspect of life. "Dancing and music are in our blood," says William Nadir, 23, a Sao Paulo motorcycle deliveryman. "You can spot strangers by the stiff way they move their hips...
...their stereos in remote areas. In a tiny flat in Kabul, with the shutters drawn, Naveeda crouches before a kerosene lamp and whispers the lyrics of a popular love song to her family--softly, so that no one will report her. "We're like dead people," says her brother Nadir. "When the evening comes, there's no electricity, no radio, no TV, no cinema...
...Orange Arrows is said to be his only close friend. Last season Schumacher riled many drivers by using a racing rule that allows one change of direction per lap to dart across the track at the start of races. But those were just mild complaintsin comparison to the nadir his reputation hit after the final race of 1997, the European Grand Prix at Jerez. Then driving for Ferrari and neck-and-neck for the championship with Jacques Villeneuve, Schumacher was surprised by an audacious overtaking move from the Williams driver and tried to hold his line by slamming into Villeneuve...
This week marks the anniversary of both the Cold War's nadir, the construction of the Berlin Wall, and its end with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Hugh Sidey writes on one of its lowest points, with President Kennedy at the construction of the Berlin Wall. Moscow bureau chief Paul Quinn-Judge remembers what the city was like in August 1991, when the hard-liners made their last desperate push to retain power. Tony Karon argues that Russians, at least materially, were better off under the Soviet state. And in an award-winning photo essay, photographer Anthony Suau looks...
...Industries. The Huntsville, Ala., company was founded in 1961 by Olin King, a former NASA engineer who subcontracted for the space agency. SCI evolved into a major manufacturer of PCs and then, under Sapp, who became CEO in 1999, diversified into optical and wireless technology. In fact, at the nadir of the current tech slump, the company in March bought Nokia factories in Finland and Britain, and in June announced that it would triple the capacity of a factory in China that makes optical devices for Hitachi...