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...poor. An affiliation of activist organizations coalescing as the Mobilization for Global Justice, the group showed up again later in the year to disrupt a monetary conference in Melbourne, Australia. Just as graphic as the IMF protests, and hitting closer to home, was the violence associated with the Firestone tire problem. On Aug. 9 the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Bridgestone Corp. said it was voluntarily recalling 6.5 million Firestone tires owing to safety concerns. If you owned a Ford Explorer, the country's best-selling SUV, you probably had the tires in question. Accidents caused by shreddings had already...
...network, and farmers can complain to the cooperative chief if the harvester fails to arrive at the appointed hour. Ghewari, 63, who grows cane in a five-acre field, was quick to see the phosphorescent writing on the wall. He made his only son Bhalchandra give up a tire-company job to become Pokhale's first computer operator. Said the farmer as he sat near a computer kiosk: "The sky and the earth are changing...
...network, and farmers can complain to the cooperative chief if the harvester fails to arrive at the appointed hour. Ghewari, 63, who grows cane in a five-acre field, was quick to see the phosphorescent writing on the wall. He made his only son, Bhalchandra, give up a tire-company job to become Pokhale's first computer operator. Said the farmer as he sat near a computer kiosk: "The sky and the earth are changing...
...artist's development of his country-pop style but also his growth as a relentless perfectionist. Opening the album is "Love is the Right Place," supported vocally by the moving background voice of Bekka Bramlett. "Rebecca Lynn," which White has described as a signature song, never ceases to tire with the strong acoustic and guitar playing of Billy Joe Walker...
According to David P. Ropeik, director of risk communication at the HCRA, the center held off on publicizing the study until Monday for fear it would be overshadowed by the Firestone tire recall in August...