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...India, it's not possible to "create E.U.-like working conditions," says Anil Bhardwaj, of the New-Delhi based Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises. "It might hurt our conscience to know that a child sold into slavery for 500 rupees [12 dollars] is making a shirt we might wear. But there are millions living on the fringes of society for whom 500 rupees is a lot of money. For them, it's a survive-or-perish choice...
...crowd reacted with cheers, boos and hisses, - underlining the work that remains to be done in uniting the party. Clinton, in a black suit and blue shirt (perhaps unconsciously black and blue), repeated her endorsement of Obama eight more times, using his full name in each instance to underline the formality of her support. Each time Obama's name was mentioned, there was a mixed response. "Emotions are running high right now," said Ellen Malcolm, head of Emily's List, a non-profit group that works to elect Democratic women candidates and one of Clinton's strongest backers...
...admissions officers got to his application in the January 1 pile, the Bethesda, Md. native had already been accepted to the other Ivy, had enrolled in Yale’s “adopt-a-prefrosh” program, and had the chance to wear a Yale 2012 t-shirt...
...Jeter jersey as the most unpleasant first-hand interaction with citizens of Red Sox Nation. Then again, even Kulper didn’t press her luck when she took in her first live game at Fenway last season. “I couldn’t find my Jeter shirt,” she recalled, “but my boyfriend said point-blank he wouldn’t defend me during a brawl, so maybe it was a good thing I didn’t wear it.”Let there be no mistake—Yankee fans...
...threats. Reporters have brazenly called ailing Trinity members at hospices. So it's understandable that many members shooed away reporters - often by raising a hand, as if to say, "Don't even go there." In one incident Sunday, an 18-year-old in baggy black jeans, a white tee-shirt and a black bag strapped across his chest told a group of reporters gathered outside the church, on 95th Street, "It's a family there, and all this publicity has been tearing the family apart." When a reporter asked the man's name and how long he'd been...