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...Lisa Takeuchi Cullen's "It's Inconvenient Being Green" [Dec. 3]: Ever since I visited Asia 25 years ago, I've known how to go without toilet paper--and have never been so clean! As long as we have soap and water, we can emerge cleaner than ever. So, Lisa, help save a tree...
Their story unraveled with the melodrama and economy of a soap opera. And on Sunday morning, with every exotic plot twist and incredible detail seemingly exhausted, it reached its end. John Darwin, the missing kayaker who resurfaced, claiming amnesia, more than five years after apparently drowning, and his wife, Anne, are now both in custody...
...about price, though. Sarah Chayes, a former reporter for National Public Radio of the U.S., has worked with Afghan business partners over the past two years to produce fruit-based soap and body oils. Their Kandahar-based cooperative Arghand now exports to Canada and the U.S. "You don't even need to compete with opium on a straight price level, since there are other risks and taboos associated with growing opium," explains Chayes. "The best way to combat opium production is to expand the market for Afghanistan's fruit...
...list. Can I get a holiday holler? 1) The Body Shop Original Body Butter, $10: The winter can be dry, so lather up. (The Body Shop, 1440 Mass. Ave.) 2) Honey Moisturizing Shampoo, $13.50: To attract bees...or just to smell good. (The Body Shop, 1440 Mass. Ave.) 3) Soap, Soap, Soap! Five bars for $12: Scents include: coconut, passion fruit, papaya, satsuma, strawberry, almond, and olive. Perfect for your stinky roommate. (The Body Shop, 1440 Mass. Ave.) 4) Gingerbread House Kit, $9.99: Fun and tasty! (CVS, 1426 Mass. Ave.) 5) Travel Scrabble, $14.95: For your favorite dorky verbalist...
...broadcasts it to more than 1.2 million subscribers in 41 African nations. Though the majority of M-Net's subscribers are in South Africa, as only a tiny percentage of Africans own television sets, millions gather in clubs and restaurants across the continent to watch the real-life daily soap opera unfold. Television has succeeded where politics failed in creating a new Pan-Africanism, bringing together Africans not only on the screen, but also in the local dive. Proponents praise the program for bridging cultural gaps and eroding misconceptions that Africans of different nationalities hold of one another...