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...vehement about civic duty and personal correctness. Once, when I started talking about winning a ski race, she said to me, 'Shrink it down'--meaning my head. That was one of her expressions. John was more of a rebellious adolescent than I was. He had some real knock-down, drag-outs with our father. But he never rebelled against what Mom taught...
EDWARDS: Never. You never know when something's going to hit you in a particular way and just knock you loose. On the other hand, I take great strength from the gifts I got from my relationship with my son, as I know Teresa does both from her relationship with her sister and her relationship with her first husband...
...nothing new about copying in the fashion business, of course. Product ideas have always trickled down from the high-end runways to the mass market. In the past, designers often took pride in their work being copied. But that was before counterfeiting became a multibillion-dollar, multinational business. Knock-off luxury products--particularly the bogus designer bags coming out of China, where the majority of them originate--have become a mortal threat. "Ten years ago we said it wasn't a problem, that it was even proof of our success," says Marc-Antoine Jamet, president of France's anti-counterfeiting...
...violence involving a regional branch of the neo-Nazi Russian National Unity (RNE) party in nearby Novgorod. Police cite Girenko's expert advice as the most likely motive for the hit, but are tight-lipped about possible suspects. No arrests have yet been made. "Pity they didn't knock off that bastard sooner," says Alexei, 22, one of the Schultz88 members being prosecuted in St. Petersburg. "He really tried to put me behind...
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