Word: wearings
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...Indonesia's brand of Islam has long been known for its tolerance, and many Javanese are horrified to hear of the suspicion with which many Australians now regard their nation. The fear goes both ways; one pesantren student, asked why he hated Australians, retorts, "because you have banned girls wearing headscarves to school." But Javanese hospitality to strangers endures. Ba'asyir's Ngruki pesantren banned Australian, American and Singaporean journalists after they reported links between the school and members of terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah. But after a special plea by an Indonesian-Muslim journalist, Ba'asyir approves from jail...
...prices than designer originals) has been saturated with new lines from the very same Ralph Lauren, not to mention Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein. And no other designer has attempted to launch so many different product categories at once: more than 10, including a full line of men's wear, women's wear, handbags, belts, shirts, eyewear and watches. "Kors has partnered with people who are very smart and very successful," says Janice Kaplan, executive vice president of ready-to-wear at Federated Department Stores, the retail giant that will feature the line in Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Burdines...
...Kors calls himself a T-shirt-and-jeans kind of guy--a bit, you might even say, like Ralph and Calvin--and is more gossipy gadabout than aloof designer. He is known for leading his ladies-who-lunch customers into the fitting room and genially telling them what to wear...
...specially appointed panel, headed by former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, blames Rumsfeld's lean and haphazard deployment orders for overtaxing troops in Iraq. It points out that when the commander in charge of Abu Ghraib, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, said she needed more forces, she was told to "'wear her stars' and reallocate personnel among her over-stretched units...
...Mothers wear many hats, including that of problem solver. These women responded to the chores and nagging concerns of motherhood with entrepreneurial zeal, turning their troubles into cottage industries. Their inventions are now sold in stores and online...