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There are millions who bear the marks of membership--the zipper scar down the center of the chest, another long scar worming along the inside of the leg where the tubing was stripped out to jury-rig the heart's new plumbing. (Over the years I have had two multiple-bypass operations, done in the same hospital where yours was performed. My last operation was 11 years ago. I played squash last night for an hour...
...Aznar's legacy. On April 18, the day after he took office, he ordered Spain's 1,300 troops out of Iraq. He set up a government that has as many women ministers as men, and alternates them down the hierarchy, causing some to dub it la cremallera (the zipper). He canned the previous government's pharaonic €4 billion plan to divert water from the Ebro River in the north to drier regions further south, proposing a more modest desalinization program instead. He increased the minimum wage, pledged to do the same for pensions, and launched an unprecedented...
BARCELONA Spaniards love accessories, and Burberry is their current favorite brand. The No. 1 seller is the leather shackle flap bag ($785), whose clasp and zipper pull are based on sailboat anchors...
...maintains that "the machines that companies use as legitimate manufacturers are also available to the bad guys." But who are the "bad guys" here? To me, it's just as criminal to soak consumers for $1,465 more per handbag just because the real thing has a genuine leather zipper toggle and one less stitch on the handle strap. Jeff Deitrich State College, Pennsylvania, U.S. Only an idiot would spend $1,500 for a purse. I fail to see the appeal of these products. They are not attractive, practical or economical. The only selling point is that expensive designer bags...
...machines that companies use as legitimate manufacturers are also available to the bad guys." But who are the bad guys here? To me, it's just as criminal to soak consumers for $1,465 more per handbag just because the real Louis Vuitton Speedy bag has a genuine leather zipper toggle and one less stitch on the handle strap. JEFF DEITRICH State College, Penn...