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This is not to say that if you're going to pull the wool over our eyes, make it cashmere and we won't mind so much. Gore's hedging springs from a place he can escape from more easily than Clinton can. Clinton's mom convinced him he was perfect, so he came to think he could get away with anything. Gore keenly senses he's not perfect and rewrites history to try to make it so. He hated bringing home B's to his parents. Like few others, McCain accepts that to err is human...
...Although the next American president will have to pass judgement on whether or not it is in our interests to make Latvia a member of NATO, the electorate will not be able to express an opinion on this matter. It seems parties are prepared to nominate dyed in the wool internationalists...
...Knitterie Parisienne, a shop in Los Angeles that's popular enough to merit a publicist, is packed with 13,000 yarns in everything from chenille to silk to cashmere. "The difference today is in the fabrics," says Edith Eig, owner of the shop. "People used to knit with wool because they didn't have the choice. Today you have every choice imaginable." The selection doesn't come cheap. A 10-g ball of angora costs about $15. Sound fair? Well, consider that 35 balls are needed for an average angora sweater...
...crops to microbes, similar to the way yogurt is curdled. The result has been compared to the polyester frequently used in plastic soda bottles, carpeting and wrinkle-free clothes, and clothing manufacturers are already salivating over the money-saving prospect of mixing cheaper plastics with such fibers as wool and cotton and selling them as "all natural." Note to shoppers: Pretty soon you may want to start reading those organic food labels more closely...
Rather than brave the holiday-shopping frenzy in search of wool socks and Pokemon paraphernalia, Linda Micke of Daly City, Calif., simply adopts animals from the San Francisco Zoo in her relatives' names. More than 130 zoos nationwide have adopt-an-animal programs, with average yearly adoption fees of $48. The money goes toward the care of the zoo's animals, and "zoo parents" usually receive an adoption packet that includes a photograph of--and facts about--the adopted animal. The gift is tax deductible too. "I'm no dummy," Micke says with a laugh. "I don't throw away...