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...Banda, 32, lives in a small mud hut in the village of Lipunga, which sits close to the Zambian border about 112 miles west of Malawi's capital, Lilongwe. Poor and uneducated, Banda tends a patch of maize and a vegetable garden and every now and again gets a job reworking scrap metal. When his wife Malita Lungu, a Zambian who gave birth to David across the border in her native country, died just a week after David was born, Banda struggled to raise his son with the help of relatives and friends. But a month later he sent David...
...long for the money to follow. Today, sophisticated delivery mechanisms like “as-hip-as-thou” promoters, trendy CMJ (College Music Journal) festivals in NYC, Pitchfork Media, and a whole heavenly host of scene architecture means that it’s easier than ever for patch-toting suburbanites to stay “scene...
...media like to stereotype politicians, especially those with mystique. But let's remember U.S. President Richard Nixon. He began his career as a crusading anticommunist but turned out to be the statesman who reached out to the Soviet Union and Red China. My concern is not whether Abe will patch things up with Japan's neighbors but how he will resuscitate the economy to revive Japan. Although I'm no cockeyed optimist, I believe that a pragmatic tactician like Abe may deliver. Let's keep our fingers crossed. Wan-hay Paul Li Hong Kong...
...Mass. Ave to the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Columbus Ave. 4. Friday, September 29, 2006 5-7 p.m. Saturday 30th, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Things aren’t really fun unless they’re breakable. Check out the “Great Glass Pumpkin Patch,” created by the Glass Lab at MIT, where students and artists have handblown glass into a thousand multi-colored pumpkins. You can check out the installation on Friday night, and pick your own on Saturday, when the veggies will be on sale for $20-$200. Take...
...Grand Duke of Tuscany. In partnership with Vittorio Moretti, a building magnate and wine producer, the Frenchman transformed the ducal folly into a resort, adding an extension, a spa, tennis courts and a golf course, and refashioning an old granary to house the Trattoria. Now bulldozers are flattening a patch of ground for a helipad. The vineyards will produce homegrown white wines this month, and the first reds will be ready to drink by Christmas. Wine on tap could prove useful if any of L'Andana's future guests share our deep and gorgeous thirst. The sommelier, Yuka Maekawa, concealed...