Under the Ghandi style leadership of an extraordinary woman the people who live on the banks of the Narmada river in India have managed to halt the construction of a dam that threatens to destroy their way of life.

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The girl was taken by an unidentified woman wearing Muslim-style head garb with her face covered, authorities said.

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This decision-making style, which may have helped a woman reach middle management, may discourage her from taking career-advancing, high-risk assignments.

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Thanks to the impressive best-dressed competitions for men, woman and couples, the style stakes are always high with locals planning their outfits months in advance.

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Another morning, Lale asks a Nyagatom woman to remove her Western-style top so we can photograph her artful scars.

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As she accepted the Intellectual Property Owner's Association 's 27th Annual Inventor of the Year award on June 28 for her work in tissue engineering--she is the first individual woman to win the award--her Donna Reed-style hair and her concerned expression made her look like a doctor about to apply a Band-Aid.

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There is no reason for a woman to try to morph herself into a man and a masculine style to be heard and be taken seriously.

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The 1928 Italian Renaissance style hotel, now part of the Four Seasons, has a big role in 1990's "Pretty Woman, " starring Richard Gere as a ruthless businessman and Julia Roberts as a prostitute who softens his heart.

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