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...competitive polo. He also visited impoverished villages where few, if any, children had shoes. "I was sitting on a field on a farm one day, and I had an epiphany," says Mycoskie, who had taken to wearing alpargatas--resilient, lightweight slip-on shoes with a breathable canvas top and soft leather insole traditionally worn by Argentine workers. "I said, I'm going to start a shoe company, and for every pair I sell, I'm going to give one pair to a kid in need...
...What's Toxic in Toyland" [Dec. 11] included misleading information about substances that make plastic toys and other children's products soft (phthalates) and shatterproof (bisphenol A., or BPA). Phthalates have been used in consumer products for more than 50 years. During that time, no reliable research has ever found that phthalates cause negative health effects in humans. The Consumer Product Safety Commission in 2003 completed a four-year review of the main phthalate used in vinyl toys (called DINP) and found "no demonstrated health risk" and "no justification" for banning it, as the City of San Francisco has done...
...aging action star. BEST ACTOR LEONARDO DICAPRIO, Blood Diamond RYAN GOSLING, Half Nelson PETER O'TOOLE, Venus WILL SMITH, The Pursuit of Happyness FOREST WHITAKER, The Last King of Scotland FOREST WHITAKER He's big, he's bad, he's Idi Amin Dada, the cannibal king. The soft-voiced Whitaker will win for his booming turn. LEONARDO DICAPRIO Right actor, not-quite-right movie. Leo was fine here as a diamond smuggler but even better in The Departed. SACHA BARON COHEN In the year's most brilliant, surely ballsiest performance, the Borat star redefined film acting--and did it naked...
...Whitaker's front-runner status. As the self-proclaimed "His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa and Uganda," the normally soft-spoken actor gives the kind of booming, effortlessly charismatic performance that charms Oscar voters. No matter that the film has grossed only $5.5 million in four months in the theaters. The acting awards are where Hollywood does its good deeds, regardless of box office clout. And talk about affirmative action...
...economy has strengthened a bit since, as many economists believe, its growth is still way below the blistering 5.6% rate of the first three months of 2006. Jim O'Neill, London-based head of global economic research for Goldman Sachs, says that even if the U.S. economy remains soft for much of the year, "we're pretty confident that the rest of the world will withstand it." So far at least, businesses ranging from Hong Kong electronics makers to German machine-tool producers are riding out a period of U.S. weakness. At the German Engineering Federation in Frankfurt, chief economist...