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...long dresses, there were young ones carrying a kid, walking with a toddler and pregnant at the same time," Nikolauk said. "They looked like zombies; there was no expression in their eyes." Rosa Martinez, the owner of a popular local restaurant, filled up a grocery cart with food; a stranger gave left a hundred-dollar bill at the door of the church; Mayor Nikolauk washed dishes inside. Cotton farmer Charles Pfluger and his wife Helen, residents for nearly 40 years, helped as well and were deeply touched. "When those children went out to play you could hear those peals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Polygamists Came to Town | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...absurd as the fiction of the land’s most famous novelist, Albert Camus. It’s highly unlikely that a $3.50 croissant even exists in France, let alone in a former colony, and paying $9.95 for a ham sandwich is as ridiculous as shooting a stranger on the beach for no reason at all. Even so, we’ll always be willing to shell out $4.25 for thick coffee in the most relaxed atmosphere this side of the Atlantic to remind us of our own break in Istanbul.Fire & IceAlthough few students took advantage of the opportunity...

Author: By Aliza H. Aufrichtig and Marianne F. Kaletzky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Around Harvard Square in Foreign Fare | 4/11/2008 | See Source »

Bestselling author and Today show and Oprah regular Michele Weiner Davis, is no stranger to private marital matters. Weiner Davis, a clinical social worker, has been working closely with couples - those on the brink of divorce or otherwise in crisis - for more than 20 years. She's collected some of her wisdom in her new book, The Sex-Starved Wife: What to Do When He's Lost Desire (Simon & Schuster), another intimate "brown paper bag" title, as she jokingly calls it (others include Divorce Busting and The Sex-Starved Marriage). TIME reporter Andrea Sachs caught up with Weiner Davis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Help for Sex-Starved Wives | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

...that will not be easy against a Cornell side that is ranked in the top 10 in the country. The Big Red (7-1, 2-0) currently sits atop the Ivy League standings and is coming off an impressive 13-5 victory against Penn.Like his captain, Tillman is no stranger to Cornell lacrosse. The first-year coach graduated from Cornell in 1991, where he played for the legendary Richie Moran. Moran, who led the Big Red to three national championships in the 1970s, also coached Brooks Scholl’s father.While certainly aware of the great history of Cornell lacrosse...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson, Cornell Clash At Gillette | 4/4/2008 | See Source »

...weed-strewn football pitch and began lambasting President Robert Mugabe, the man who has ruled the country for 28 years. At first, the villagers looked on nervously. Then they began to gather and listen. Zimbabwe's descent from food exporter to malnutrition was an "abomination," said the stranger as the crowd murmured its approval. The clique around the President had stolen the country's land from the people, he charged. Louder sounds of approval. When he accused government ministers of being "cowards," afraid of Mugabe, the crowd began to cheer. "Simba ku vanhu!" they shouted. ("Simba for the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could Mugabe Lose His Election? | 3/29/2008 | See Source »

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