Word: hatband
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...Irish!” I can put up with the leprechaun costumes and green plastic baubles that miss the point entirely. And when I see someone wearing a green bowler with glittering plastic clovers, I remember my grandfather’s simple grey hat with fresh shamrocks in the hatband. Because it isn’t about the parade, it isn’t about the green clothes, and it certainly isn’t about the alcohol. It’s about proclaiming Erin Go Bragh—Ireland, and the Irish, Forever.—Tá Maitiu...
...samples, the technology has become increasingly useful, allowing evidence-rich cells to be drawn from traces of sweat, tears, saliva and blood spots a tenth of an inch across. Says Barry Fischer, director of the Los Angeles sheriff department's forensics lab: "You can get good DNA from a hatband or the nosepiece of a pair of glasses...
...also stage a return. Levis, cowboy boots and big buckles. Twenty-gallon hats, accessorized if necessary, will be worn without a trace of irony, such as when Senate majority leader Trent Lott turned up at Bush?s ranch recently wearing his Stetson with a huge feather protruding from the hatband...
...equivalent of school prefects - wear garish shirts and silly hats. As well as looking equally unprepossessing on everyone, including my rather rotund father, they too have nuances. It's all in the hardware. The more electronics a person is carrying, the more he or she knows. And a yellow hatband indicates seniority. In other words, they're only ones it's worth actually asking a question. (And, by the way, folks, this is the stuff only a real investigative reporter in Sydney can bring...