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CLAIM TO FAME Don't let her environmental intentions fool you. The designer is known for her tailored clothing made from sustainable fabrics, like soy- and corn-based fibers, but her "Luxury eco" collection is all about style. "I want to make it easy for a high-end client to walk in and know what lifestyle this is," says Loudermilk. "It's very outside of hippie and hemp." Her creations including organic silk--charmeuse gowns, men's bamboo suits and women's separates made from an antibacterial Japanese fabric called sasawashi are sold around the world at stores like Atrium...
...demand and investors spooked by political tensions in the Middle East have pushed crude-oil prices up. Gasoline production in the U.S. is down 9% compared with 2005, as hurricane-damaged refineries struggle to return to full production. Finally, changes in energy laws are prompting fuel suppliers to use corn-based ethanol as an additive to help gas burn more cleanly, instead of the additive MBTE, which has health risks. But ethanol supply problems have raised gas prices...
...Imus was a genial Kerry supporter, he often made the point that he thought Bush was a decent guy; Imus was no firebreathing Franken. But Wednesday morning Imus kept playing a clip from Bush's speech in Iowa in which he insisted that America's golden fields of corn would rescue us from the environmental and strategic misery of dependence on Middle Eastern oil. The President sounded, Imus said, "trailer-park stupid...
...planners in smooth leather for a little under $100 and pink-spotted stationery for $20. Past this and the neighborhood coffee shop (iced chai latte, $3.65), there sits a solid Whole Foods. Blackberries are priced $5.99. A half loaf of bread costs 99 cents. A willing customer can buy corn-and-crab chowder and creole crawfish salad by unit weight.In New Orleans, normalcy can be bought by the pound.PLAYING MANNEQUINOn a yellow Friday afternoon of spring break, Fountain sits on a porch with two old men just the way old men like Fountain always have here in this city...
...trades reliever named Doug Brown and a staff full of astronomical ERAs. It has yielded 10.83 runs per game since the Ivy season started on March 25. Its offense, the league’s third-worse by batting average, has been paced by .375-hitting catcher Jeff Corn. Haviland will start Game 1 tomorrow and freshman Adam Cole will start Game 2. Together, the pair allowed only two earned runs in 14 2/3 innings last Saturday against Princeton. “They were unbelievable last weekend,” Brown said. “We’re hoping they...