With his well-tailored suits, shiny cufflinks, wise reading-glasses and elegant ties, he looks a thousand miles from a roughhouse warlord.

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Before her show, Raitt joked about her age, noting she needs two pairs of glasses -- one for distance and one for reading.

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Dr. Kathy had reading glasses on a cord around her neck and a green button-up sweater that looked as if it were made entirely of pollen.

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Some 9, 000 women in Vision- Spring's network have sold 600, 000 pairs of basic reading glasses throughout seven countries, including Bangladesh, India and South Africa.

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