Word: swag
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...taping an acoustic set. Wallach sports a self-consciously edgy pair of red Levi’s, and when Drummey appears in the exact same pair of jeans, I take it as an attempt at color coordination a la The Hives. Then I recognize the pants from the swag booth of the previous night’s Levi’s–sponsored performance. In truth, the jeans aren’t a fashion statement; they’re an example of the spoils awaiting those who work hard and have good taste...
...cash and jewelry worth something like 3 million pounds. The robbery preoccupied the front pages of the English press for four days, then abruptly disappeared from the newspapers when the government clamped a "D Notice" on the story - implying that evidence of state secrets was also part of the swag...
...policy, online analysis is rife and political parties have YouTube video-sharing channels. Labor, under leader Kevin Rudd, is running sites like kevin07.com.au, where voters can blog views as they buy T shirts, while John Howard has ventured onto YouTube for policy announcements. Ads have debuted online and a swag of politicians have embraced social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook...
...Souza says some of the robberies are the work of gangs who traffic the pieces to Europe and beyond. Most, though, are done by small-time crooks who fence their swag to local antique dealers, who then sell them on to private collectors...
...from $20.08 T shirts (the most popular item) and other gear goes to the campaign as a donation. Baltes produces the goods and ships them to wherever Obama is speaking; last-minute events may find one of his employees scrambling for a flight with suitcases stuffed full of Obama swag. Other candidates have now expressed interest in Baltes' wares. But his loyalty--and business--remains with Obama...