Word: leathers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...matter how stylish the big name designers make leather and suede look, I say it's worn most elegantly by the original owners...
...that leather should become the fashion mandate for all seasons [Feb. 1]. This translates into more animals being slaughtered to pander to the whims of the jaded elite and more money for the greedy fashion industry...
...million tourists who flock to the Smithsonian's ten museums every year are familiar with the big draws: the Wright brothers' Kitty Hawk, the moon rocks, Archie Bunker's chair, the Hope diamond, the First Ladies' dresses, Fonzie's leather jacket, the ruby slippers that took Judy Garland back to Aunt Em in The Wizard...
...warehouse will have filtered air and temperature and humidity controls. In the past, collections have been damaged because of heat and overcrowding. Silverfish have eaten labels off objects, leaving them with no identification. Leather has desiccated, wood has cracked and animal skins have split because of erratic temperatures. And periodically, in hot weather, beetle eggs unexpectedly hatch and the insects eat their way through plant specimens in the botany department. Security will be tight, to avoid embarrassing losses like last summer's theft of one set of George Washington's false teeth...
...precisely 11:28 a.m. last Thursday, an unmarked van carrying ten special agents of Italy's Central Operative Security Nucleus, a tough antiterrorist squad known colloquially as the "leatherheads" for the tight-fitting leather hoods worn during special operations, pulled up behind a modern eight-story apartment building in Padua. Police had quietly cordoned off the Via Pindemonte, the normally busy street out front, and shoppers in the supermarket on the ground floor were startled to find themselves locked inside for their own safety. Then the commandos rushed inside the building, carrying machine guns and dressed in blue jeans...