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...cashmere sweater has completed an epic transformation. First, hair must be gathered during the molting season from the inner coat of special goats, the majority of which live in the coldest regions of China and Mongolia. Then the fiber has to be shipped to factories experienced in its production?the best are in Italy and Scotland?where it is spun into yarn, dyed and woven. The scarcity of the raw material has historically ensured a high price for the final product, sealing cashmere's reputation as a luxury fabric...
...Over the past several years, China has ramped up its textile production and reduced prices. Many of its cashmere garments, however, are not made wholly of the downy undercoat of the goat, where the fibers are long and fine. Occasionally these fibers get mixed with hairs from the outer layer, which are short and thick. This means cheaper sweaters but also ones that are coarse and scratchy. They don't drape as sinuously or maintain their shape as well, and they don't provide the lifetime commitment most people seek from their cashmere. They may also be the product...
...product is right, but we need a good operator,” DiGiovanni said, expressing hopes that Brush’s organizational skills would stabilize the eatery...
...amazing shooting of Penn was a by-product of great ball movement coupled with shooters who couldn’t miss. The less impressive Princeton numbers were caused by a hungrier Crimson defense that was more effective in getting to open shooters and by the lack of a Tiger shooter with a hot hand...
...short lead time may make the studios rethink their bizarre habit of backloading their big movies, piling up the serioso films at year's end. The reality is a traffic jam of worthy product. With just a few weeks between New Year's Day and the nominations, movie people will have to take a chance and release their Oscar hopefuls earlier--in July, like this year's Best Picture nominee Seabiscuit, or in May, like 2001's top prizewinner, Gladiator. That way, the DVDs and videos (which account for an imposing 60% of movie revenue) would be in the stores...