Word: scarfed
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...Dora Akunyili and her family were driving down a rural road in Nigeria three years ago when snipers opened fire on her car. "The back windscreen was shattered," she says. "A bullet pierced through my head scarf and grazed my scalp." Akunyili had been targeted by a drug gang--but not the kind that sells heroin or cocaine. These drug dealers traffic in counterfeit medicine--ineffective at best, deadly at worst--and as director general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Akunyili's job aims to put them out of business...
...leather sack. 2) Try and pair this bag with tailored pants. Too much volume makes you look like you are just large and happen to carry around a large bag. It’s all about the laws of comparisons. 3) Don’t wear a really long scarf. That’s just a rule you should live by no matter what bag you choose. —Staff writer Rebecca M. Harrington can be reached at harring@fas.harvard.edu...
...Documentary making, says the amiable Connolly, wearing a green scarf on a cold Melbourne afternoon, is a craft in which "all the bets are off - you stand and fall on the accuracy of your capturing of spontaneous human relationships." Remaining neutral in a world where clan allegiances are paramount made for some of the hardest work of all. Connolly is frank in his assessment of his and Anderson's ability to remain objective as tribal frictions intensified and the harvest's prospects faltered. He confesses the horror the pair privately felt when they heard that the international coffee price looked...
...Curtis have ran for nine years. But who is Eugene Choo? "I went to primary school with him," says Kildare. "I'm hooked on the idea that he might visit Vancouver, drive past and see his name in lights." tel: (1-604) 873 8874; eugenechoo.com. SMOKING LILY Once a scarf-making business in Victoria, British Columbia 's second city, Smoking Lily now has a much wider range, embracing clothes, accessories and linen. Many items retain the label's signature plant and insect prints. tel: (1-604) 873 5459; smokinglily.com...
...lawyer not to act in his defense at last week's trial. These expectations were overturned when Bouyeri, 27, a Dutch citizen of Moroccan origin, made a surprise statement at the close of the trial. Clad in a black jellaba and Palestinian-style black-and-white kaffiyeh head scarf, Bouyeri aimed his words mainly at Van Gogh's mother, Anneke, who had expressed her anger and contempt for the defendant a day earlier. Calmly, remorselessly, he insisted on the righteousness of his act, repeatedly stating he would do the very same thing again if he got the chance. Bouyeri said...