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...When Billy dons his official Harvard security uniform, five times a week, he wears a black wool sweater adorned with a Harvard patch. A red stripe runs down his black pants to the sneakers that pass for shoes from far away. He attaches a walkie-talkie and a hefty set of keys to a belt that snaps together with plastic clasps. His hat with a #157 badge covers his thinning white hair. When Billy speaks, he mixes his local accent with phrases such as "one might say" and "so to speak...

Author: By Timothy L. Warren, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Smokin' With Billy: The Passions and (Extended) Family of a Harvard Guard | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...film, Iree echoed Kennedy's faith in tradition. "My grandmother quilted from sheep's wool, my mama quilted, now I quilt and so will my daughter," she said...

Author: By Benjamin P. Solomon-schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: RFK Daughter Screens New Film on Rural Poor | 11/23/1999 | See Source »

...hand. The other clasps a clear Starbucks cup containing some creamy, brown half-solid substance. He sits down in a row of others like him, facing the rear door. Conversation ensues, but this man takes more interest in ensuring that not a drop of latte falls on his black wool coat than in his seat-mates' chatter...

Author: By Lisa J. Powell, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Diary of a Bus | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...Reaching down to pick up a pink merino wool sweater ($59.50), she breaks it down: "Number one is Touch. Studies show that if you touch something you're more likely to buy it. So all of these table displays let you touch the clothes." She caresses the sweater. It's awful soft...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo, Sarah L. Gore, and Samuel Hornblower, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Shopping with Prof. Schor | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

...general, Schor says she considers the advertising tactics and environmental policies of stores before buying their products. "I like stores who use organic cotton or less destructive fibers like wool or hemp or linen." Citing "Home and Planet" as a store that passes her test, she then addresses Patagonia, as an environmentally friendly store. She goes back and forth on her judgment...

Author: By Alicia A. Carrasquillo, Sarah L. Gore, and Samuel Hornblower, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Shopping with Prof. Schor | 11/4/1999 | See Source »

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