His militiamen are as rough as ever, this month rampaging through Baghdad suburbs bordering al-Thoura, stealing cars and waylaying lorries carrying alcohol, torching liquor stores and hairdressing shops offering western coiffure.
But health is not as simple as, say, hairdressing: how the system is organised and paid for critically affects what you get for your money.That makes international comparisons of health care extremely useful.
They are particularly common in professions from hairdressing to investment banking where departing staff, if unrestrained, can take key clients with them.
He wants to start hairdressing and fashion courses to complement Bible study.
Women testify over and over again to a lack of sexual knowledge, the sheer slog of being a full-time mother and housewife, the expectation that the only jobs open to them are hairdressing, nursing, secretarial work, whatever their skills and abilities.
Science (wild-haired boffins), hairdressing (you have to be gay), the police force (you have to be not gay), journalism (you have to be an alcoholic) – all suffer from stereotyping.
In Japan, where so many cutting-edge trends start, hairdressers have acquired celebrity status: female students there recently rated hairdressing as "the job with the most imaginative appeal .Although P&G may be able to strengthen its new brand's global distribution and save some costs, Clairol has been losing market share in America, largely to L'Oréal.
My mum had a hairdresser's and I thought, "I'll have a crack at hairdressing".
Construction, hairdressing and motor vehicle engineering have similarly large imbalances.
Bridie Staunton, who ran a hairdressing business and occasionally played fiddle in Irish showbands, rarely had such times with her only child, Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton.
