Word: outfitted
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...recently traded telecom for something more earthy, joining British mining outfit Anglo American as deputy CEO for South Africa. As head of the international division at MTN Group, a South African mobile-phone operator, he led an expansion into the Nigerian market, where the company now claims 1.3 million subscribers and 59% market share. A fan of jazz and biographies, he will help AA with strategy, government relations and black economic empowerment initiatives...
...memory, many Kashmiris dreamed of peace between the Indian army and Pakistan-backed militants. Some guerrillas renounced violence, India and Pakistan began tentative rapprochement, and tourists returned in droves. But since Aug. 30, when Indian security forces in Srinagar shot dead Gazi Baba, the Kashmir chief of Pakistani militant outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad and suspected mastermind of the December 2001 attack on India's parliament, violence has returned. More than 230 people have now died in a frenzy of battles and assassinations. The toll includes several high-profile figures: in addition to Gazi Baba, Jaish-e-Muhammad lost two other...
Whether an outfit is priced at $300 or $30, what's remarkable about mainstream designers' and retailers' maternity wear is that it's virtually indistinguishable from their regular collections--hence the confusion at Glow Girl and in countless maternity sections stocked with crisp blouses, business suits, cargo pants and halter tops. All the season's fashions are available, with just a little extra room at the bust and the belly. "Before, you were supposed to be another person when you became a mother," says Mathilda Jonsson, designer of H&M's Mama line. "Now you want to keep your personality...
...often older, has a more high-powered job and is working later in her pregnancy--wants fashionable clothing isn't a particularly new idea. One of the first to translate it into reality was Rebecca Matthias, president of Mothers Work, who says she didn't buy a single maternity outfit when she was expecting her first child in 1981. "The industry was run by men," says Matthias, whose company claims to be the largest maternitywear retailer in the world. "Everything was pink flowers, frilly, really inexpensive. I couldn't wear that to work. The good-quality clothes didn't exist...
Eriko Kitagawa announces her presence in the lofty lobby of TBS television network's headquarters in Tokyo as a timid, ruffled-bloused housewife would: a small side step, brief eye contact and a nervous giggle. Soft curls, a conservative skirt and subtle makeup complete her outfit. Is this the scriptwriter who single-handedly brought Japanese television drama to the world stage and at the same time empowered the typically demure female lead? We sit down to?what else??tea, and instantly Kitagawa's sayonara-girl image snaps with her cocky first statement: "I always know what I'm writing will...