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...Smaller expenses such as $621 for T-shirts, $300 for cotton candy and $275 to distribute free CD's of the student bands' music accounted for the remainder...
...thanks to tanning advancements, heavy winter hides are giving way to summer textures that are as light as cotton and so versatile that designers are treating leather like fabric. Armani, Oscar de la Renta and Badgley Mischka are leathering up tube tops and evening gowns for the sultry months. Even the pimpy FUBU line is in on the skin with its line of leather NBA basketball shirts. Expect everything from shorts, bikinis, evening dresses and hot-weather codpieces made of hide in a store near you soon...
...team of police officers dragged the 300-kg sarcophagus outside and wedged it into their Toyota Hiace van. When they opened it less than an hour later in the Quetta police station, they found the mummified body wrapped in brown cotton cloth and stretched out on a woven mat coated with a mixture of wax, resin and honey. The mummy's gold crown and breastplate were engraved with the cuneiform writing used in ancient Mesopotamia and an image of Ahura-Mazda, the god of Zoroastrianism associated with ancient Persia. Encased in a heavy wood coffin, it was placed in what...
...medical director of the Treehouse Center in Albuquerque, N.M., and the moment you get there, you know you're not in an ordinary clinic. It's partly the eponymous tree that grows through the center of the building, partly the soft cotton gown you wear during an exam instead of a crinkly paper disposable one. Mostly, however, it's the treatment you receive - a lyrical balance of Western pharmaceuticals, traditional botanicals and sensible advice on lifestyle changes...
Despite the rising cost of leather, an upshot of the mad-cow and foot-and-mouth scares, the fashionable skins are hotter than ever--even in hot weather. Thanks to tanning advancements, heavy winter hides are giving way to summer textures that are as light as cotton, soft as silk and so versatile that designers are treating leather like fabric. Some leather can now be washed, and most summer hides are treated to prevent staining from perspiration or barbecue sauce...