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...briefcase can even be used as a shield. Its tough synthetic fabric will withstand a .357 magnum bullet. To stymie any attempts to steal all this James Bond gadgetry, there is also an alarm that will sound six seconds after the case is ripped from the owner's grasp...
...safely in 21 consecutive games this year, and when the ministreak ended, his two tumbling defensive plays in a 1-0 victory made even that night a time to rejoice. The flannel fabric of Rose's simple life only seems to have been painted by the numbers. "People ask me a question about a stat," the 16-time All-Star says, a little hurt, "and they always get mad when I know the answer. I don't play for records. But how hard is it to remember you had 170 hits your first year and 139 your second...
Reagan's glen plaid has good lineage. The fabric was manufactured by the British firm of Illingworth, Morris & Co. Ltd., which also furnishes the interiors of Rolls-Royce autos, the Pope's vestments and the covers for the tennis balls used at Wimbledon. White House Aide Morgan Mason (son of Actor James Mason) used to be executive director of Illingworth, Morris, and when Friend Nancy Reagan wanted some new suiting for her husband, Mason hustled over some swatches from which the glen plaid was chosen...
...Western Europeans, as well as the West German part of the alliance, were to prove incapable of action despite the international challenges and despite President Reagan's reaffirmation of the U.S.'s willingness to reduce its nuclear potential, that would produce more than a shock within the fabric of the alliance...
Societies from ancient Rome to Weimar Germany have suffered the consequences of such runaway prices. That kind of inflation usually tears apart the very fabric of a nation. When its currency no longer has any meaning, a country often loses its sense of values. Saving and planning for the future seem foolish; speculators prosper. Says Henry Wallich, a governor of the Federal Reserve: "Inflation is like a country where nobody speaks the truth...