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...that wrecked the economy and fought a civil war with U.S.-backed contra rebels that killed some 50,000 people. Ortega was finally ousted in a 1990 election, and for the past 16 years, during which he twice failed to recapture the presidency, he seemed little more than a relic of the communist...
Designers who want to appeal to today’s young, fashion-forward consumers—instead of just “the elderly and J. Lo”—need to stop promoting this relic from the unenlightened past. Companies including Ralph Lauren, J Crew, and Forever 21 have committed to fur-free policies due to concerns over cruelty to animals, and students clearly know better than to wear the product of suffering for the sake of vanity...
...between, buying the looted items and marketing them to the third type, namely big-time collectors, antiquities dealers, auction houses - even museums - that know the true provenance of the items. How do you solve these cases in a country like Greece, where almost every household holds some ancient relic or icon? It's impossible to monitor every inch of the country. But we have a good network of informants. We're busting cases daily. Your investigations forced the J. Paul Getty Museum to relinquish a number of looted Greek works. Who's next? I've collected enormous amounts of information...
...either April or November 1960.) After the set, Lenny came over to the bar, where my brother was. When Paul said he had a kid brother who was a big fan. Lenny picked up a paper coaster and wrote on it: "To Richard ? Your friend, Lenny Bruce." A relic sadly lost...
...some surprises, like the three women in white Indian saris with blue borders. The nuns from the Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa's order, are a comforting sight. One of them, Sister Benedetta, kindly gives me a laminated picture of the soon-to-be saint and a genuine relic--a microchip-size piece of Teresa's sari. A lapsed Hindu, I'm nonetheless grateful for any and all gifts that purport to holiness; somewhere in my bags are a tiny sandalwood Ganesha, pages of the New Testament and a string of Islamic prayer beads. In Iraq, you want to have...