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...Aung Zaw credits Campbell, who specializes in East Asian and Pacific affairs for the White House, with being well informed on Burma issues. It was unlikely the regime could pull the wool over his eyes, as it has done to other prominent visitors, he says: "Campbell met and listened to everyone, whether they were Burman, ethnic minorities, proregime or antiregime. Everyone was pleased with that...
...most persistent Halloween bogeyman is tainted candy from strangers. The parental panic may stem from around 1964, when a woman handed out dog biscuits, steel-wool pads and ant poison (clearly marked with a skull-and-crossbones logo) to teenagers she deemed too old to be trick-or-treating. The horror story refuses to die down. "In recent years, there have been reports of people with twisted minds putting razor blades and poison in taffy apples and Halloween candy," Ann Landers wrote in 1995. (See the top 25 horror movies of all time...
...long-lost body of English mountaineer George Mallory on Mount Everest in 1999, discussed his expedition to Tibet’s Chang Tang Plateau in search of the calving grounds of the Tibetan antelope. Also known as the chiru, the endangered animal is often hunted for its fine wool...
...Claiborne Alzarian rose wool toggle coat...
Authenticity, of course, sometimes needs to be enhanced by a dollop of artifice. "Eddie Bauer and L.L. Bean do a lot of great things," says Griggs. "But they still sell pants with elastic in them. This is more modern." So while Field & Stream brand has a checked wool shirt, it's cut slim "so you won't end up feeling like a lumberjack." Bryan believes the search for authenticity is echoed elsewhere in the clothing business. "It's foremost a reaction to the frivolous buying spree society has been on for the past few years," he says, noting that other...