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...landed in our lap--literally. These pants look and feel ordinary, but they have undergone a special chemical treatment to give them "nanowhiskers"--millions of tiny fibers one hundred-thousandth of an inch long--that help them repel spills. Eddie Bauer and Lee, among others, are gambling that the fabric will give them a leg up on the competition. INVENTOR Nano-Tex, LLC AVAILABILITY Now, $35 for Lee Performance Khakis TO LEARN MORE www.nano-tex.com...
...four panelists discussed the implications of E.U. membership, both nationally and in the fabric of global politics, in response to questions from moderator James A. Cooney, executive director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs...
There are plenty of Americans not weaned on harsh Sharia Islamic law who would object to the videos’ presentation of a perfectly harmonious United States. Despite what the state department says, it is not an effortless task for outsiders to be integrated into our Judeo-Christian cultural fabric. In my quite diverse Los Angeles public elementary school and middle school, we had a few very devout Muslims. For the most part, people respected their beliefs, or saved giggles about their requisite robes and foreign-sounding names for “normal” friends later. But they were...
...Glynn ’03 says that her creation in faux-fur, “Nausea,” which consists of nine yards of white plush fabric draped over chicken wire, is a condemnation of “sickeningly excessive sentimentality.” The column, which resembles a pile of vomited intestines, is more likely to revolt the viewer than evoke the “warm and fuzzy” emotions associated with its fabric...
...Athletics sweats do so proudly. Naturally, those interested in capturing some DHA magic are legion. Non-athletes at Harvard are forced to procure DHAs through other means, and the intricate webs of girlfriends, family members and guys-that-lived-down-the-hall spun to capture these treasured swatches of fabric are staggering. These are their stories...