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...York City, which were strict about accepting only adult volunteers. Her high school, Midwood High, despite being surrounded by the pressing conditions of the city, never ventured out with a strong student service program. After doing what she could from Midwood, Hammond ended up volunteering in Sao Paolo, Brazil through the Legion of Good Will...
...summer Hammond spent in San Paolo was divided among the city’s orphanages, where, as official volunteer ambassadors, she and her friends arrived with toys and school supplies. She found a natural rapport with the children of the slums, despite her limited ability to communicate. Conventional language was never the problem, as she realizes now, because the gesture-driven language of children is rarely conventional to begin with. “Their type of communication is incredible,” she says. Words, however, can’t be completely discredited; Hammond’s friendship with...
...Grace of the U.S. In 1979, however, Pietro bought back a majority stake, this time on his own, and started the company on a rapid expansion course. By 1993, when he died, Barilla produced 35% of the pasta sold in Italy. Now his three sons--Guido, Luca and Paolo--and their sister Emanuela are pushing aggressively into international markets, especially in the U.S., where Guido, 44, attended Boston College...
Gibson has few kind words for previous Passion films. Mention Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Gospel According to St. Matthew (which, like Gibson's location shots, was filmed in the Italian town of Matera), and he fakes a big yawn. On Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ: "You've got Harvey Keitel as Judas saying"--and here Gibson shifts into a Brooklyn accent--"'Hey, you ovah dere...
...more liberal attitudes. One, the Genuine Beer Company in Mendrisio, Switzerland, which distributes the slightly sweet tasting Hanf-blüte Beer, is conquering new markets, including traditionally wine-producing ones like Italy. "It is a very good beer and there is a big demand for it," explains Paolo Codoni, the company's ceo. "In countries where hemp is forbidden, the beer is a novelty." Although hemp beer remains a niche product, it's popularity is growing throughout Europe. But does drinking hemp beer make you high? "No," says Buddy Piper, whose Amsterdam shop, Nirvana, sells its own hemp brew...