Word: scarfed
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...Jackson's death. Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Tsutomu Sato told reporters, "I feel sad as I had watched him since he was a member of Jackson Five." And Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada has credited him with building a generation with his music. Back at HMV, using her scarf to dab her eyes now and again, Sho-ma says that she wasn't completely saddened when she heard the news. "I felt relieved for him," she says. "I think he was kind of a true angel...
...core. "Every minute you wonder what will happen after you die," she says. "You cannot postpone those questions until old age." After years of dabbling in Buddhism and Judaism, and a phase as a punk rocker with blue hair, four years ago Begic adopted the Islamic head scarf and long dress and became deeply religious. She says the decision "caused an earthquake" among her family and friends, who are still uncomfortable with her devotion...
...opportunity to get jobs," says human-rights activist Dizdarevic. More typical of Sarajevo's new religious fervor are young professionals like Begic and Husic, whose faith has instilled meaning and order into their once tumultuous lives. Husic says she has learned to ignore the jeers that her head scarf attracts in Catholic neighborhoods. And Begic says her next movie, titled Bait, tackles growing prejudice, including against women in hijab. "They think we are backward," says Begic bitterly. "It is racist." For her war-weary generation, another era of murderous discord is an unbearable prospect...
...dawned. Around me were hundreds of young white men and women, many of them drunk, chanting the national war cry - "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi oi oi!" Almost all were sporting the Australian flag. It was painted on cheeks, tattooed on backs and chests, worn as a sarong, bikini top, scarf or bandana, wrapped around shoulders and emblazoned on T shirts and baseball caps. I'd never seen so many manifestations of it. Was this a new fashion accessory, or some kind of political statement...
...mother of a certain generation, whisk her away for a matinee. She will sigh and speak of Cole Porter - his music punctuates many scenes, and indeed, there are moments when you fear Barnes is going to deliver a full number - and she will immediately forgive you for that unfortunate scarf you bought her for Mother...