Word: patchworking
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...Expect to find everything from graphic skins for your iPod and customized sneakers to original artwork and necklaces and belts made out of knitted yarn. There are colorful patchwork bags, stuffed animals stitched together from discarded clothes, silhouette brooches fashioned out of black plastic and slippers decorated with animé-like cartoons. Look out also for demonstrations from the likes of graffiti artists and batik makers...
...Hagel's patchwork policies, however, reflect the confusion of ideas that exists in both parties. On the left and the right, the only way to make a truly strong candidate is to take a composite of the front runners: Edwards' health-care plan plus Clinton's toughness plus Obama's charisma. Or Romney's social conservatism plus Giuliani's leadership plus McCain's reputation for candor. The Democrats can't seem to settle on a sweetheart, while on the right, "I'd like to be able to choose a little of each one," as a senior Republican lawmaker...
...hair and clothing were strewn everywhere. The set list, culled from their debut, Funeral, was full of songs about death played on accordion and mandolin. Later U2's the Edge would create endless spaces between guitar chords, while Bono drove metaphorical trucks through them, but somehow Arcade Fire's patchwork symphonies roared almost as loudly. To hear the bands together was an education in the various ways rock music can be huge...
Once a thrifty way to mend worn clothing, patchwork is suddenly in the style spotlight. Designers like Derek Lam and Marc Jacobs showed pieced-together looks on their spring runways. And one of Louis Vuitton's hottest handbags was a mix-and-match style that evoked bits of purses past...
...available for counseling soldiers in the battle zones. But the APA report notes that there has been a 22% decline in the number of uniformed clinical psychologists in the military. Instead of a standard approach to help soldiers and their families, too often the Pentagon relies on a patchwork approach, where different units develop their own programs that vary widely in quality, the study said...