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...know what's in the houses," Minyard says, sitting on an overturned fishing skiff in the shadow of the Superdome. He stares down an empty street as two ambulances creep through brackish waters toward Tulane University Hospital and its morgue. Near him, five men in white haz-mat uniforms wait on dry ground to collect bodies. Minyard extends his hand by way of introduction to his city. "Tough place," he says...
Katrina's floodwaters nearly swept him to his death, but he holds out hope in the midst of an awful job: "This will occupy me for probably five years, but I think New Orleans will rise up and be better than before. I can't wait to come back." Minyard pauses, thinking about his office--now under water, his papers ruined--and the lawsuits that will inevitably be filed. Then he smiles and says, "I've needed a new office for a long time. I'm going to con somebody into giving me one." New Orleans will need plenty more...
...year's crop sold out, with Green Mountain coffee, Whole Foods and other companies eagerly buying. "Rwanda has gone from being completely unknown to being the hottest coffee origin in 2005," says Schilling, who runs pearl in Rwanda. pearl had to solve farmers' financing issues, too; many can't wait six to nine months between harvest and payment. So pearl partnered with EcoLogic Finance, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that loans to businesses in Africa and Latin America, to set up financing for the co-ops, which are too large for micro loans. Etienne Bihogo, 36, who works with pearl, notes...
...storm hit, she asked President Bush for "everything you've got." But almost nothing arrived, and she couldn't wait any longer. So she called the White House and demanded to speak to the President. George Bush could not be located, two Louisiana officials told Time, so she asked for chief of staff Andrew Card, who was also unavailable. Finally, after being passed to another office or two, she left a message with DHS adviser Frances Frago Townsend. She waited hours but had to make another call herself before she finally got Bush on the line. "Help...
...area 80 miles up the Mississippi. When I traveled with Thursday morning's eight-vehicle convoy, we started two hours late because the Corps workers each had to get tetanus and hepatitis shots before re-entering the suppurating city. Once under way, we had to stop twice: once to wait for a flatbed with a fan boat to join the convoy and again because a 55-gal. vat of Industrial Blue All-Purpose Cleaner was slipping and threatening to slide onto the highway...