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...described a photo of a scene in Russia in which a well- dressed woman in a fur coat stood before a freezing old woman...
...store was very old and it was starting to show its age, "Driscoll said. Renovations over the summer entirely altered the set-up and changed the interior decor and fur- niture...
...that only half the watershed's nearly 5,000 sq. mi. of forest produces enough sable, deer and elk to support hunters. And a single tribal hunter must roam a territory as large as 75 sq. mi.--about the size of the Caribbean island of Aruba--to trap enough fur and hunt enough meat to live on. That allowance is calculated to provide wildlife the space and opportunity to reproduce and maintain stable populations. The Bikin Valley has 47 hunters licensed to hunt full time in the territory, which already presses the limits of the available productive forests...
...feels skinned by all the negative comment. Mizrahi is a witty, self-aware fellow, and his running commentary on his work life is often hilarious. He goes to see Nanook of the North, Robert Flaherty's classic 1922 documentary about Eskimos, and decides he wants to design only fur pants. He interviews hopeful models, although when his show finally opens, he seems to have hired only superstars like Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford. Working with Eartha Kitt, who wears his finery when she performs, he nuzzles her overwrought lapdog and remarks, "It's almost impossible to have any style...
...many people struggling mightily to keep their weight in check wouldn't trade places with the mice in Dr. Jeffrey Friedman's laboratory? Two weeks earlier, these roly-poly fur balls weighed three times as much as a mouse should, and they still couldn't stop snacking. After daily injections of a new hormone, however, the tubby rodents suddenly started consuming less food and burning more fat. They shed those excess ounces and trimmed 30% off their bloated size. Even better, their cholesterol readings fell, as did the high glucose levels that made them mildly diabetic. Virtually overnight, it seemed...