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...question is what can we do that is effective, that uses our resources to the best of our abilities and that gives us some assurance that we are making a difference to the men and women who sew T-shirts and sweatshirts," he added...
During the Civil War, the women of Cambridgeformed a sewing bee--a circle of women whoconvened weekly to sew uniforms for the Unionsoldiers. Members naturally formed friendshipsover the long hours spent together working, andwhen the war ended, the group continued to meet asa book club and social outlet...
...FUBU, which means "for us, by us," began in 1992 when Daymond John, at 24, started selling tie-top hats on the streets of New York City. The hats caught on, so he drew up some ideas for coats and shirts and asked his mom to teach him to sew. Then she remortgaged their house for $100,000, gave him the money and let him turn the place into a mini-factory. He has a really nice...
...looking to prevention as the best way to curb gunshot deaths. He and like-minded colleagues represent a new breed of physician eager to affect public policy about gun violence by using their special insights as healers. "The doctors realized people were being shot faster than they could sew them up," says U.C. Berkeley law professor Franklin Zimring, the "dean" of firearms-policy scholars. "So they decided to do something about...
...hard to tell, though, how the scene will really come off, since today Casella is working without the puppet he uses to portray Timon: days and nights of (literally) being attached to it have hurt his back. Taymor isn't the kind of director merely to sew up an actor in an animal costume. In the show, Casella stands behind the 5-ft.-tall Timon model, which he manipulates with rods and wires. Others in the cast wear elaborate headpieces representing the animals they are portraying. Indeed, Taymor's entire production is highly stylized and impressionistic. A rushing waterfall...