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Connors closed by saying that U.S. troops will have to leave Iraq before the resistance fighters quit, quoting an Iraqi fighter who told him, “I’d rather live in a hovel than have my country reconstructed by people on the outside...
...Despite her success, Yu has no plans to quit Vietnam for the bright lights of the world's fashion capitals, preferring to supervise production in Hanoi. "I really wanted to show the local craftsmen that they could make something like a handbag into an exportable item," she says. Breaking new ground is all in a day's work for the girl from Ipa-Nima...
...teaching staff were female. Gender discrimination is prohibited under Japanese law. But prominent female scientists say there is a tacit prejudice against women. A bioinformatics professor, Mitiko Go says that many professors will choose a man over an equally qualified woman, believing that a woman will quit as soon as she marries or has children. After graduate school, Fumiko Yonezawa, a professor of theoretical physics and the first woman to lead the Physical Society of Japan in its more than 100-year history, was not hired as a full-time faculty member until she had proved that she could raise...
...Affaire Mondavi,” hotshot Napa newcomer Robert Mondavi’s attempt to buy out older vineyards in the Burgundy region of France. From there the documentary spirals wildly to both the deeply individual and personal—one woman’s decision to quit her job; a father’s disapproval of his profit-minded son—and the staggeringly broad—the rights of laborers; the aftermath of fascism; and the costs of globalization...
...Barney's in Manhattan, and Harvey Nichols in London. Although diehard fashionistas were quick to discover Ipa-Nima, it's only in the past couple of seasons that the buzz has reached fever pitch, with celebrity endorsement setting the seal. Despite her success, Yu has no plans to quit Vietnam for the bright lights of the world's fashion capitals, preferring to supervise production in Hanoi. "I really wanted to show the local craftsmen that they could make something like a handbag into an exportable item," she says. Breaking new ground is all in a day's work...