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...communication, the brand's famous Jermyn Street store reopened as a haven for men looking for that quintessentially English accessory. The store also features a traditional barbershop and a series of Dunhill's inventions?one favorite, the "windshield pipe," designed to keep the tobacco lit through wind or rain, ignited the Dunhill reputation that is being rekindled today...
...Magical Munda," she calls it now. "But you could easily be isolated and miserable out here," she says, recalling her first impressions last April, when she arrived knowing nothing about the sleepy coastal town that was to become her base for the next three months - and was greeted by rain clouds. Munda is not a place of obvious menace; nor of timetables and hurry-up. The policing style required is more subtle, even though the issues are not: land ownership disputes, domestic violence, alcoholism and sexual abuse. Here negotiation, cultural sensitivity and trust are as important as muscle...
...Munda police are conscious of traditional hierarchies and try to work with chiefs wherever they can. In nearby Nusa Roviana, once the coral-walled fort of notorious head-hunter Ingava, Curragh and skipper Saro have come to see the chief, John Boi. As light rain falls through a canopy of coconut palms, the police tramp a muddy path. Earlier in the day, 4 km across the lagoon, Dunde village was swept by a rumor that Chief Boi had banned a local candidate in tomorrow's provincial election from campaigning in Nusa Roviana. Dunde's chief, Eki Lee Daga, informs Curragh...
...Lance Armstrong is of that second type, and as he cruised to his seventh straight Tour de France title on Sunday, his status as a cycling-and cultural-icon was secure before he even hit Paris, since Tour officials invoked a rule freezing the general standings when there's rain on the cobblestones of the Champs-Elys?es. That didn't curb the excitement for the fans, whose eyes and whoops were all for Armstrong on the riders' eight last circuits around the Champs-Elys?es, so fans could see Armstrong one last time. By the time Armstrong crossed the finish line...
...communication, the brand's famous Jermyn Street store reopened as a haven for men looking for that quintessentially English accessory. The store also features a traditional barbershop and a series of Dunhill's inventions - one favorite, the "windshield pipe," designed to keep the tobacco lit through wind or rain, ignited the Dunhill reputation that is being rekindled today...