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...laid-back sort of place came when, following some bad advice from a travel agent, I arrived at immigration without a visa. Elsewhere that might have meant detention, prison, or at least a large bribe. In this former Portuguese colony, a smiling middle-aged immigration officer in singlet and braided hair told me in a motherly sort of way that, you know, I really was supposed to have a visa, but forget it, she really couldn't be bothered - then organized me a ride into town with her brother...
...here in the middle of winter you can wear a singlet all day," he says. Forty years ago, Mowatt traveled around the whole country with a mate in a Mini 850, finding work as a builder along the way; he doesn't miss the 4,000 km of bone-shaking gravel road from Carnarvon to Katherine that he once rattled over. "The route's all sealed now," he says. "The place is not as remote as it used...
...years to approximately 30%, drawing Kiwis across the Tasman in large numbers. Hanging over several of New Zealand's key industries (think banking), there's a branch-office stigma. Australia's Treasurer Peter Costello is chopping at tax rates with the glee of a burly bloke in a blue singlet. Kiwi workers complain that Costello's counterpart Michael Cullen is being a scrooge on fiscal policy, stacking up Budget surpluses when there's a good case for tax relief. But Cullen has no room to move. A current account deficit heading toward a "Banana republic" rate...
Harvard is an amazing place to be a student athlete—just ask any student who makes the sacrifices necessary to wear a jersey, singlet, unisuit, or jacket with “Harvard” stiched on it. But the separation between athletics and academics need not span the Charles. As University Hall reexamines its core curriculum and social programming, it ought to more clearly understand the athletic lifestyle and the ever-changing needs of student-athletes as well...
...finally greets Akira's creations as they weave their way through the crowd: the Sydney-based designer has been perfecting his bowerbird brand of beauty since first showing solo at Australian Fashion Week in 1998. What is surprising is that 81-year-old Max Whitehead, the original "Chesty Bonds" singlet model of the 1950s, garners the most applause, and that the star of the evening is menswear...