Word: wearings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...saying "It's time we asked Americans to be patriotic about something other than war." Former Nevada Senator Alan Bible said, "We labor long and earnestly for peace because war threatens the survival of man. It is time we labored with equal passion to defend our environment." Mary Wear, Arlington, Texas...
...more elegant look and to the start of what would become a $20 million bridal-gown business. Aberra's trademark remains fashion-forward simplicity. And when the producers of ABC's Grey's Anatomy were looking for a wedding dress for Sandra Oh's no-nonsense character, Cristina, to wear on the season finale of the hit medical show, they chose a $6,600 strapless mermaid style by Aberra...
Although Aberra has branched out into evening wear, she still sells custom wedding dresses in her Madison Avenue boutique, where a made-to-order dress starts at $25,000. "It's a service business," she says, "and weddings now are such a big thing, people are willing to spend a lot of money for something very special...
...Theocracy: what many conservative Christians saw was that the boardroom, not the sanctuary, was Republican hallowed ground. When their interests clashed with the G.O.P. business wing, the money talked: concerns about persecution of Christians in China, disgust with Internet pornography, alarms about global warming, respect for workers' right to wear religious clothing, would not translate into policies that might inconvenience American business...
...consular official at an embassy in Caracas, asking to remain anonymous for fear of jeopardizing efforts to repatriate prisoners. Indeed, with no visiting rooms and few guards in sight, visitors must give inmates a small tip to fetch the prisoner they've come to see. Forget uniforms; prisoners wear the street clothes of their choice, though they are not supposed to wear dark colors that can hide blood spots. When inmates' girlfriends come to visit, they go straight to the cells, which they are free to use as a love shack...