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...them look older). And make sure the colors haven't run into the carpet fringe - a sure sign of chemical dyes and modern manufacture. Next, get down on your knees and scrape a 4-cm patch of carpet with your fingernails about a dozen times. A small pile of fluff indicates poor-quality wool and a limited life-span. Then briskly rub a section of the rug with the flat of your hand. The palm should come up shiny - lightly greased from the wool's natural lanolin and a good indication of how well the carpet will age. "Do this...
...Emery, an industry veteran who specialized in removing meat from bone, sends the glop through a maze of machinery he cobbled together to clean, dry and position the feathers for slicing. Finally, a giant contraption with three vacuumized tubes separates the quills from tiny bits of now pristine feather fluff. Here's where it gets interesting: this airy fiber, it turns out, is remarkably strong. It's as sturdy as nylon, 60% lighter than fiberglass and can be used to make everything from auto parts and medical devices to dollar bills and termite-proof building materials. A few weeks...
...cares if it's just fluff? This summer positively purrs with kitty cinema. In Catwoman, due July 23, a vengeance-seeking HALLE BERRY uses her feline powers to whip an evil cosmetics company into shape. An Oscar winner in a shredded-leather suit? Dog people of the world, surrender...
...Even this season?s nominated musicals are not the usual load of high-kicking fluff. One of the four Best Musical contenders, Caroline, or Change, is somber meditation on race relations, focusing on a Jewish boy growing up in the South during the 1960s and his family?s black maid. The second-biggest nomination getter (after the musical Wicked) is Assassins, Stephen Sondheim?s dark musical about the killers or would-be killers of American Presidents. Even the new revival of Fiddler on the Roof has been reconceived in darker tones than many audience members (and critics) were prepared...
...curtains and slipcovers can blend in with existing home furnishings. And Oldham's LaZBoy furniture and accessories--which he calls "personality amplifiers"--are multifunctional. A retro-looking sofa transforms into a bench, a settee or a chaise, and sectionals can be arranged in any configuration imaginable. No need to fluff these pillows...