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...Sodi, who will debut a magazine this month that will crown her "Latina Martha." There's even a host of "anti-Marthas," including Dan Ho, whose Rescue magazine is pitched to those in "Martha recovery." While they all tout their own particular niche, what they share is tricks to fake the painstaking perfectionism that earned the queen of lifestyle her crown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Will Be The Next Domestic Diva? | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

Calling themselves the Arlington group because they first met last summer in that Washington suburb, these conservatives feel that "ideally," as Bauer said last week, "we would like an amendment that would make it unconstitutional to have gay marriage or fake marriage, the civil unions." Realistically, however, they have concluded that such a sweeping amendment probably won't pass. It's very early in the process, but the White House seems to be leaning toward the more flexible language...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle Over Gay Marriage | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

...Both men concede that the invasion dealt a heavy blow to Ansar. With no base to call their own, ranking members lie low just over Iraq's eastern border in the Iranian town of Marivan. Iranians there do a busy trade producing fake identity cards for Ansar fighters for their return to Iraq across the 5,000-foot mountains. With overburdened Iraqi border patrols guarding a 1,000-mile frontier, Ansar's return is almost impossible to block, and Kurdish guards expect little help from Iranian officials in stopping the infiltration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview With the Terrorists | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

...There is also a more nefarious possibility: label fraud, something the industry's umbrella group, Cashmere & Camel Hair Manufacturers Institute, takes very seriously. Karl Spilhaus, the group's president, approaches the task of uncovering ersatz cashmere as soberly as an old-master specialist does in debunking fake Rembrandts. He has brought suit against stores for selling products labeled "100% cashmere" that he claims are in fact mere blends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cashmere on the Cheap | 2/9/2004 | See Source »

...just because a sweater is more affordable does not mean it's undesirable or fake. The only way to really know is by touch. If it doesn't feel like a million bucks, it's probably not worth buying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cashmere on the Cheap | 2/9/2004 | See Source »

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