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/ 21 September 2004
The scene: a club in London’s West End used to welcoming showbusiness types and footballers. The cast: marketing experts, shareholders out to make a quick buck, plus a smattering of Russian hostesses known as the ”Nikita” girls. Oh, and one rather diminutive general, a hero of the Soviet military, dressed in full military regalia, sipping vodka and fascinating all and sundry with the story of how he invented the most famous rifle of all time.
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/ 21 September 2004
Thirty powerful, influential women are featured in this month’s edition of <i>Earthyear</i>. What were we thinking when we decided to embark on this unprecedented celebration?
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/ 21 September 2004
Ford’s Premier Auto Group has launched an entry-level Jaguar X-Type, using Jaguars own silky-smooth AJ-V6 two litre engine. It’s fun to drive, it sounds gorgeous, it feels <i>very</i> classy to drive and it looks good. At R100 000 less, this baby Jag doesn’t just aim to please, but also ease the pocket.
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/ 21 September 2004
You’ve got that shiny new promotion and the job looks great — but do you really know what you are letting yourself in for? Have you been chosen because you are capable, or because you are disposable? Women who have successfully crashed through the glass ceiling to leadership roles in business may find themselves facing the ”glass cliff”, according to new research from the University of Exeter.
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/ 21 September 2004
Natalie du Toit, South Africa’s star performer at the Athens Paralympics, continued her gold-medal onslaught at the Aquatic Centre with a stunning Paralympic record victory in the 100m freestyle on Monday night. Meanwhile, wheelchair athlete Ernst van Dyk was cut off from a certain gold medal and table-tennis player Rosabelle Riese broke her left leg.
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/ 21 September 2004
Sigmund Freud may have been right all along. Dreams really could be our unconscious minds giving us a glimpse of our deepest, darkest desires. Proponents of Freud’s theories on psychoanalysis — for so long scorned by the scientific establishment — may well be rejoicing. Scientists announced last week that they have found the region of the brain where dreams originate.
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/ 21 September 2004
The most important political talks in the recent history of Northern Ireland, which began on Thursday last week, appear to hang on the uncertain health of the 78-year-old Ian Paisley. Paisley, the undisputed leader of unionism, resolved to make the 640km journey to Leeds Castle in Kent, south-east England — where British Prime Minister Tony Blair hosted the talks — by car and ferry after doctors banned him from flying.
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/ 21 September 2004
Athens is currently hosting the world’s second-largest sporting event, the Paralympics, but moving about in Athens on a daily basis requires efforts of Olympian proportions from the disabled. Nearly 10% of the Greek population has some form of disability, but you are not likely to meet many on the streets of Athens.
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/ 21 September 2004
A few years ago Pastel Clothing’s Cape Town plant manufactured 240Â 000 designer T-shirts a month for international fashion houses Tommy Hilfiger and Express. It also produced for Timberland, Abercrombie and Fitch, British Home Stores, Nordstrom and other leading European and American retailers. Today, Hilfiger’s T-shirts come from Indonesia and Express’s from Vietnam.
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/ 21 September 2004
Mikael Silvestre’s two headers handed Manchester United their first win in five games on Monday and gave Rio Ferdinand a winning return in a 2-1 victory over Liverpool. A Premier League record crowd of 67 857 saw the French defender score his first two goals of the campaign.