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During the college’s early years, the Wedge family tries to hide the play from book-burning Cotton Mather types. Centuries later, the Wedges attempt to unearth the missing play, hoping to sell it and build a residential Wedge House. Antique bookseller Peter Fallon, the main character from Martin’s 1980 novel Back Bay, ties the narrative together as he helps the modern day Wedges on their search...
STOCKHOLM According to Kent Hansen at the NK Herrkonfektion, Burberry's narrow ties and cotton suits are hot sellers, especially the two-button jacket ($865) and slim-leg trousers ($540), left...
Armed with three years' experience working for fashion designer Stephen DiGeronimo, Lange rented a room above a New York City restaurant and began peddling trimly cut $200 stretch-cotton shirts and $400 cashmere twin sets. Despite predictions that mothers-to-be would never spend so much for separates with a limited shelf life, orders poured in. "All the stores I approached said, 'No--there's no market for high-end maternity.' I couldn't stop thinking that if I could just show these clothes directly to my customer without a middleman, she would get it." The female intuition paid...
...hypothermia, a condition in which the body's core temperature drops from 98.6ºF to below 96ºF. Sports doctors recommend that you wear an inner layer made of a material, such as polypropylene, that wicks away moisture so that your perspiration doesn't chill your body. (Don't use cotton, which retains moisture against the skin.) Choose something like fleece or wool for your middle, insulating layer, and make sure your outer layer protects against the wind...
...questions about how hard President Bush will push for it, since the fight could be messy. Advisers insist that Bush is committed to this plan. "He knows this issue from Texas," says an aide. "He's always asking how this plan will help the guy in West Texas picking cotton." He also knows that he may get credit with some voters for the big gesture, even if it produces only an initial round of big headlines...