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...collectors of royalabilia, and those who manufacture it, the July 29 wedding is already proving a bonanza. With ingenuity that belies current economic trends, British manufacturers have made it possible to dine on royal wedding place mats, sew with commemorative thimbles and dry royal couple plates with royal couple tea towels, a steal at $3.30. Smokers can light up with Charles and Diana lighters and extinguish butts in C & D ash trays. Tea drinkers can sip from a C & D mug, pour cream from a C & D jug, add sugar with a keepsake teaspoon. Di fans can purchase a copy...
With the Karl Michael Award for high point diver at Easterns tucked safely away in his trophy case, the Princeton, N.J. native journeyed to Cornell this past weekend for the Division I NCAA Eastern Regional qualifying meet. Steady and consistent diving allowed him to sew up the last qualifying spot in the 1-meter competition. Only four of the 24 competitors in each event are invited to the NCAAs...
...Despos, 39, the son of a Greek immigrant tailor, is the embodiment of the American success story. He learned to cut and sew at his father's knee, and five years ago he opened his own tailoring shop on one of the busiest crosstown streets in Fort Wayne, Ind. He quickly discovered that there was a bonanza in alterations. Says he: "People had lapels on old suits altered for $35 each instead of paying thousands for a new wardrobe." The first year his shop was open, Despos did $95,000 worth of business. Today he employs his father...
...sure that on plantation or town or colony was settled except by the aid of women," Eliot told the governor. Minutes later, though, Eliot added, "The men have to hunt and fish and plough and dig and carry wood and water, but the women must cook and wash and sew and bear and bring up the children...
...dance in Christian worship and ministry that attracted some 350 people to the campus of New Orleans' Loyola University. More than 400 attended a second gathering earlier this month in Ithaca, N.Y. The participants spent their time learning how to juggle (concentration is more important than coordination), sew costumes and master the techniques of clown makeup (lots of powder after applying each color prevents smears). They also studied ventriloquism and went to serious lectures by the leading clerical exponents of Christian clowning. "We estimate that about 20% of the participants are ministers or priests," says Tom Nankervis, director...