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...summer 2000 she opened her namesake boutique. A bias-cut wool jersey skirt of pinkish cranberry ($80) or purple microfiber pants ($120) makes an office-appropriate match with a classic white cotton shirt ($90). The designer pays special attention to fit and will make alterations in a pattern immediately if she sees it's not working on her customers. "If it doesn't fit, it doesn't sell," she remarks. Bishop's creations are stocked in sizes ranging from a petite 2 to a voluptuous 16 and can be made in larger sizes to order...
...stretchy and comfortable. James also carries a line of sophisticated sweaters by Jamie Krietman, scarves by Ellen Martin and hats by Barbara Volker. James - a graduate of Mundelein College in Chicago, where she majored in textile and clothing and minored in business - worked as an assistant designer and pattern maker in various sportswear companies before moving to New York. Joanie James NY is now a 10-year institution in the East Village's fashion...
...Democrats. Nor was it ideological: Leander J. Shaw Jr., one of the court's most liberal members, dissented. And political paybacks don't seem to have carried the day. Peggy A. Quince--the one justice whose credentials were signed by Jeb Bush--ruled for Gore. In fact, the only pattern to emerge was generational: the four justices most recently appointed to the court all sided with Gore...
...even for siblings who wish to reconcile, breaking the ice is hard. "The difficulty most of us have is how do you pick up the telephone after so many years?" says Stewart. "People get into a pattern, and even though they're not comfortable in it, they can't imagine an alternative. Or the amount of courage and energy it would take to try to change may be beyond what they're capable of doing right...
...They'll tell canvassing boards to use the tough-but-fair "intent of the voter" standard; no counting dimples, unless there's a pattern of dimples. They'll let the Florida legislature know that Dec. 12 is no "checkered flag," as state Senate leader John McKay put it last week, and that waiting until, say, the 17th...