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...lives of tens of thousands of blacks and whites remain intertwined. Every weekday a black woman in her early 60s, whose first name is Aletta, goes from her home in Soweto to the Parkwood suburb of Johannesburg, where she works half a day for a white family. She is one of thousands of black women who work in white homes and provide the main income for their families. She has been a domestic servant in white households for most of her life. Her husband is dead, and she lives in a four-room house with her three daughters...
...Nagoyans who are laughing now. Even on weekday nights, the downtown is vibrant, lively and thronged with people. Spacious, brightly lit avenues and green ribbons of urban parks abut rows of gleaming shops, department stores and restaurants. Some of the women out for shopping or dinner have dyed-brown hair piled high with looping curls and ultra-feminine (and frequently pink) outfits replete with bows and frills. These are the "Nagoya Gals," a look that swept Japan last year when Tokyo fashion bible JJ gave it its stamp of approval. "Nagoya Gal Kits" flew off Tokyo department-store shelves...
...Harvard, there are many ways to spend an hour on a weekday evening, but surely the opportunity to ask tough questions of leaders on issues that matter to us is an important one we should not squander. In a university known for attracting intellectually curious and engaged students, it is often surprising that more are not willing to come down to the Forum to ask the tough question or learn something new. It is our hope that more undergraduates will take advantage of the opportunity to learn from those who come to the Forum, and hold them accountable for their...
That’s right, fellow H-bomb droppers, we’ve got bona fide competition now—competition to which Yale pales in comparison. Hear the names of these modern-day behemoths of education and tremble: the 92nd Street Y, Brick Church School, Weekday School at Riverside Church...
...construction will pose to House residents. Leverites in G-Tower with windows facing the site, for instance, are worried about privacy. And all of the East River is worried about noise, especially since it was revealed that construction could start as early as seven in the morning every weekday...