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Leather also lends itself to fine detailing. Armani's creations for Italy's Mario Valentino print, stripe and weave leather to resurrect a rich Renaissance look. Bill Blass also uses a weave effect on some blouses, and Ralph Lauren has put ruffles on suede in delicate peasant blouses. Says he: "Feathery-light blouses that once were made of cotton can now be done in suede. And it can mix with anything-silk, a sweater, tweeds, linen or cotton." The new leather, made ideally from the South African hair sheep, comes in starbursts of colors: fire-engine...
...remove the ink and vote more than once "unless he amputates a finger, and if he does, I'll be delighted to let him vote two times, even ten." The major problem, Bustamante added, will be getting ID cards for everyone. He estimated that at least 250,000 peasant women do not have them. Another problem will be ensuring the safety of voters in some 30 cities and towns where the guerrillas are strong. In addition, there are signs that the guerrillas may launch a major military offensive before the election...
...money is in breeding. Successful colts become richly syndicated stallions. At the last Keeneland summer sale, the Cartier's of horseflesh, one yearling went for $3.5 million, more than any horse ever won, even John Henry. In this coldblooded, blueblooded business, it is a nice thought that a peasant like John Henry, who was once sold for $1,100, is going to be Horse of the Year...
Possibly as a consequence of such attitudes, cynicism runs deep in Finnish society. Typically, the most popular television serial in the country in recent years was a rendition of The Good Soldier Schweik, the Czechoslovak tale of an apparently dim peasant-soldier who fumbles through World War I, surviving while giving the impression of following orders. Last month 120,000 Finns marched in 54 cities and towns during one of the largest peace demonstrations in the country's history. Even so, pacific sentiment has not taken hold as it has in other Western European countries. Explains a student...
...admirably in analyzing the tastes, products, humors and quirks of each region. She proffers such delicate provincial dishes as dandelion salad, poularde en demi-deuil and sole with stuffed artichoke bottoms (preferably using the slippery little fish known in Bordeaux as "lawyers' tongues"), as well as such robust peasant offerings as potato pie, braised partridge with lentils, and stufatu, a Corsican beef stew with macaroni...