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...items, mostly from recent excavations and on display outside Sudan for the first time, help to fill in the outlines of human history from the Paleolithic period to the end of Ottoman rule in Sudan in 1885. A 200,000-year-old pebble found among raw ochre lumps on Sai Island in the Nile appears to be smeared with yellow and red pigment. If the color was consciously applied, the stone is one of the earliest indications of artistic expression ever found. Sandstone lions from the mid-1st century B.C. symbolize the Kushite state, and a gilded representation...
...division of France 's Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, pledged earlier this month that Gucci headquarters outside Florence and a nearby production oversight facility will soon face regular audits to see that they meet international standards of proper hours, pay, union rights and worker safety as established by Social Accountability International (SAI), a New York City-based corporate responsibility group. Gucci will be one of more than 40 companies in Tuscany to sign on after the Italian region earmarked €25 million to help local firms pay for the SAI certification process. "The [independent] factories we certify are always asking...
PUSH FOR DISCOUNTS. Find out how much you must invest to qualify for a fund's breakpoint. Visit the company's website, and have your broker show you the "sales charges" section of the fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI). If you already own the same fund in your 401(k) or IRA, that money may count toward the cut rate. If other members of your family hold funds from the same company--or plan to do so over the next 12 months--you could qualify for a discount on a fund's A shares...
...violence being taught in madrasahs. To effect a permanent change of heart in a substantial number of Middle Easterners, a new, inspired and courageous force seems appropriate. The disease of religious fascism urgently requires treatment. Christians have the ideology and determination to risk their lives to offer a cure. Sai Ramananda Whistler, Canada...
...record companies didn't make things easy, either. "It's like they kept pouring buckets of cold water over our heads," says Yip Sai-wing, 39, Beyond's drummer. "We wrote a lot of songs for them, but they'd always say the songs wouldn't work. Some wouldn't even listen to our songs. They'd just take a look at us and reject us on the spot. We had to make a lot of compromises to meet their requests. We attracted a wide public [later] ... then we were able to slowly turn back to doing what we wanted...