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...security guards patrolling the lobby of Advanced Internet Technologies (AIT) in Fayetteville, N.C., are the first giveaway. In place of the standard-issue dark suit and tie, they are decked out in military garb, including black caps, fatigues and combat boots, with 9mm Berettas strapped to their side. Getting past them to work is a lot like getting on a plane these days: every employee as well as every visitor has to go through a metal detector and then get searched by a guard using an electronic hand wand...
...other famous women are wearing them. The accessory has come a long way from Diane Keaton's tomboy outfit in Woody Allen's 1977 film, Annie Hall. Young pop singers from Michelle Branch to Alicia Keys have adopted an '80s new-wave look that juxtaposes ties with dark punk garb or ultra-casual white tank tops. And fashion designers like Alexander McQueen have been slipping them on models since last summer. Now if they could just learn how to tie a proper Windsor knot. --By Benjamin Nugent
...American Revolution. Every year on Patriot’s Day—the Mass. state holiday in April that commemorates the battle of Lexington (and maybe some other battle that might have occurred in Concord)—a troupe of Lexington residents dress up in colonial-style garb, take up muskets loaded with blanks and reenact the battle of Lexington. The town’s Historic Districts Commission must approve everything along the stretch of Mass. Ave. that serves as the town center—from signs in store windows to bike racks. High school students and senior citizens...
...Pontiff, as well as ensure security at the Apostolic Palace and the four main entrances to the Vatican, an around-the-clock job that requires skills as diverse as fluency in Italian and proficiency in martial arts. Swiss Guards have been the beneficiaries of papal blessings and colorful garb since 1506, when 150 Swiss soldiers arrived in Rome to guard Pope Julius II. But such perks may no longer be enough to entice young Swiss Catholics to serve in the Papal army. Although 28 recruits joined in May, the 110-member force is still 17 men short. "Recruitment...
Around mid-morning, the buses begin to arrive en masse, and by lunchtime the main drag has become a noisy testament to European automotive engineering. Under the Golden Triangle sign, a dozen or so children clad in gaudy hill-tribe garb jump into everyone's photographs, invited or not, then proffer palms for payment. Refusal is not brooked kindly, and even the most tightfisted succumb under the onslaught of teary eyes, wailing and shirt tugging. "Everyone can smell the tourist dollars," says Miss Pim, owner of the Arabica coffee shop, as she bustles around fixing espressos and cappuccinos. "Once people...