Word: loyalism
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...connection to spending when times are uncertain, and these smaller brands have an emotional reach to the customer," says Ed Burstell, vice president of Bendel's, a store that in the past five years has committed itself to little labels. "Consumers want something distinctive, but they are also very loyal to these small designers. They want to grow up with them...
...nightmare scenario unfolds like this: Shortly after U.S. forces invade Iraq, Saddam Hussein realizes that the end is nigh. Faced with imminent defeat and near certain death, Saddam decides to authorize one final, gruesome act of terror. He plucks a loyal operative from his security service and orders germ scientists to inject him. The operative is slipped out of the country and put on a commercial airliner bound for the U.S. Dozens of passengers within spitting distance of the Iraqi agent are unknowingly infected. Just as U.S. troops arrive in Baghdad, thousands of American civilians begin experiencing fever, nausea...
...presumed allies reflects a deep reservoir of misgiving that stretches from immediate doubts to long-term philosophical differences--from disagreement over the purpose of inspections and the threshold of war to worries that the U.S. doesn't really care if it has allies. Of course, Bush can count on loyal friends like the leaders of Spain, Italy, Poland and Britain to stand by his side, despite the disapproval of their citizens. And some of the vocal opponents, like France and Russia, have lucrative commercial or financial ties with Iraq that they fear a U.S.-led war might sunder...
...boot with a four-inch heel; now picture it on Jennifer Lopez); and the subversive ones - his personal favorite is a shoe of steel, aluminum and titanium that never made it to production because the razor-sharp heel could pierce someone's hand. Creations like these make women fanatically loyal to Blahnik. Which is ironic, because Blahnik never intended to be a shoe designer. In 1970 he arranged, through a mutual friend, a meeting with Diana Vreeland, then editor of American Vogue. He showed her sketches of stage sets and his new hobby, shoes. She told him to surrender...
...jihad against the Americans. Rahim's gang planted two explosives in Spin Boldak last month, killing four civilians and injuring scores more. His force swelled to more than 60 fighters, and they raced around Spin Boldak on new motorcycles brought from Pakistan. Rahim keeps dangerous company: he is loyal to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a ruthless ex-Afghan war veteran who is loosely linked with Taliban and al-Qaeda renegades. "These al-Qaeda and Hekmatyar people are getting money and weapons from across the border in Pakistan," says Azaddin Agha, the pro-U.S. commander of the Afghan military in Spin Boldak...