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...past few months, the country had been watching the President stitch together a justification for the invasion of Iraq. The end result was a complicated combination of fear, anger, and hope: fear of weapons of mass destruction, anger that “they” had attacked us, and hope for a better Iraq. A majority of the nation—and a vast majority of our elected officials—seemed to buy Bush’s story. The rest of us grew angry and frustrated. We waited for some great national discussion, some reasoned debate where...
...Asking the family to stitch together pieces of coverage—it’s not working,” Warren said. “Families with insurance were out of pocket more than $13,000 in medical bills. When you combine that with lost income, these families have no chance...
Strapped into a 50-lb. satin gown that took 1,000 hours and all 28 of Christian Dior's couture seamstresses to stitch, Slovenian model MELANIA KNAUSS, 34, wed real estate mogul DONALD TRUMP, 58, in a lavish affair Saturday in Palm Beach, Fla. It was a busy week of self-promotion leading up to the nuptials: Knauss showed off her mammoth wedding caparison in the February issue of Vogue, left, while her fianc?? made the rounds vaunting the new season of his reality show, The Apprentice, which he's considering turning into a Broadway musical. But when it came...
...make his operations more efficient, Davis is borrowing a page from Toyota. Last summer, managers re-engineered a factory in Norridgewock, Maine, following Toyota's famously flexible production system. Isolated departments for cutting, stitching and embroidery were replaced by cells of workers clustered in a line, saving 40% of floor space. Smaller batches of sneakers are now assembled rapidly, down the line, and if anyone identifies a faulty stitch, for instance, the problem is fixed before a large batch of defective shoes can pile up. Factory workers, who aren't unionized, are encouraged to point out mistakes, and they help...
...companies use as legitimate manufacturers are also available to the bad guys." But who are the "bad guys" here? To me, it's just as criminal to soak consumers for $1,465 more per handbag just because the real thing has a genuine leather zipper toggle and one less stitch on the handle strap. Jeff Deitrich State College, Pennsylvania, U.S. Only an idiot would spend $1,500 for a purse. I fail to see the appeal of these products. They are not attractive, practical or economical. The only selling point is that expensive designer bags are covered with the maker...