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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...found jahwaan, traditional foot scrubbers, in the local market. "They looked really rough and strange, but when I started using one, it made my feet smoother and softer and did a wonderful job cleaning them," she says. As she prepared for a visit to her native Omaha, Neb., with her son, she asked herself, "Do I bring foot scrubbers for family and friends or pack the baby's clothes?" When she got eight orders for the tool, a business was born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SMALL BUSINESS: Sisters In Trade | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...family friend helped the couple find two small clans near Karachi whose women were able to make a sophisticated version of the foot tool. The Tharianis, who live in Omaha, have since added a Gilden Tree skin-care line to their company, but the Foot Scrubber--which sells about 100,000 units annually--is still their best-moving product, with a presence at Whole Foods, bath shops and spas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SMALL BUSINESS: Sisters In Trade | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...NAME: Laura Castro de Cortes COMPANY: Commercial Federal Bank, Omaha TITLE: Vice president and director of Latino banking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Minority Women Who Make a Difference in the Workplace | 11/10/2005 | See Source »

...Born in Omaha, Neb. in 1937, Ruscha is commonly characterized as a member of the Pop Art movement, though his work—which includes paintings, prints, and photographic books—defies categorization. Most notably, Ruscha has sought to explore the place of language in visual art in paintings like “Standard Station,” perhaps his most famous, and another in which dark clouds loom behind the words “SAFE AND EFFECTIVE MEDICATION...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ed Ruscha | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

...Flyers, is getting ready for Philadelphia’s camp at the end of August, while Tom Cavanagh (San Jose Sharks ’01) and Brendan Bernakevitch (free agent) will also be looking to play next season, the latter possibly for Calgary’s AHL affiliate in Omaha...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Maki One of Eight ECAC Skaters Drafted | 8/5/2005 | See Source »

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