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...celebrity as the celebrities they dress. One begins to wonder only when such fashion kings as Pierre Cardin, Givenchy, Bill Blass and Ralph Lauren bestow the knighthood of their labels on wines, automobiles, chocolates or home fashions. It merely makes these things fashionable, which is not enough. Caveat emptor. Enjoy the presumed prestige, but do not confuse high-priced celebrity labels with design...
...Caveat Emptor...
...There are two rules in writing editorials: 1) be clear; 2) have a point. This editorial satisfies neither rule." The unkindest cut came from former White House Spokesman Jody Powell, who suggested that the Post should change its editorial page motto from ''An Independent Newspaper" to "Caveat emptor "(Let the buyer beware...
...energy study should reap many millions of dollars in savings in the next few decades. Financially, the University can afford to finance future deficit budgets by announcing more years of 13.2-per-cent tuition increases. Ethically, Mom, Dad, and Johnny deserve more than a term bill stamped with caveat emptor...
...Says Sotheby's Los Angeles president, Peter McCoy: "It makes sense for the average person to frequent our auctions. He'll be competing with the antique shop owner who'll sell a piece for more [probably 40% more] than he can buy it here." Caveat emptor...