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...Over the past several years, China has ramped up its textile production and reduced prices. Many of its cashmere garments, however, are not made wholly of the downy undercoat of the goat, where the fibers are long and fine. Occasionally these fibers get mixed with hairs from the outer layer, which are short and thick. This means cheaper sweaters but also ones that are coarse and scratchy. They don't drape as sinuously or maintain their shape as well, and they don't provide the lifetime commitment most people seek from their cashmere. They may also be the product...

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

...time, nearly all Harvard students will do fine. You’ll get good jobs, pay off those loans, buy houses and start families. What concerns me more are your non-Ivy friends from high school, many of whom will be saddled with at least as much debt, with far less prospect of ever matching your earning power...

Author: By William A. Strauss, | Title: Harvard and the Money Culture | 2/9/2004 | See Source »

...It’s fine for me,” he added. “ I wanted to teach more sections...

Author: By Joshua D. Gottlieb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Popular Classes Overflow Rooms | 2/6/2004 | See Source »

...there is fine print. If the president has his way, these new workers won’t just get temporary green cards—they’ll be enticed by personal retirement funds set up for them courtesy of Dubya’s Congress. The only catch? The funds wouldn’t be accessible until the workers left the United States. Just as he invites immigrants to join America’s legal workforce, Bush would introduce hamhanded bribes to push them back out again. What’s more, an illegal worker who volunteered to join...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Bush’s Trap Door for Immigrants | 2/5/2004 | See Source »

...council was created out of the political turmoil of the 1960s to make the legislative process more efficient, not more secretive; it was a recognition that hundreds of Faculty members could not work out the fine details of legislation that led to the council’s formation, not a belief that all were not entitled to be involved. Closing off The Crimson’s access to the council’s policy discussions also denies professors the right to publicly examine what arguments and opinions their elected representatives are offering on the most important decisions facing the University...

Author: By David H. Gellis and Kate L. Rakoczy, S | Title: The Iron Curtain Lowers Over U. Hall | 2/5/2004 | See Source »

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