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...into less expensive sweaters, but also ones that are coarse and scratchy. They don't drape as sinuously or maintain their shape as well, and they don't provide the lifetime commitment most people seek from their cashmere. They may also be the product of goats with poor genes. Fred Xiaong, co-founder of Autumn Cashmere, whose buttery sweaters typically start at about $300, says the company uses only the hair from superior breeds found in Inner Mongolia...
Sources: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution; National Park Service; NASA; How We Invented the Airplane, by Orville Wright, 1988 edition (Dover); First Flight, by T.A. Heppenheimer, 2003 (Wiley); On Great White Wings, by Fred E.C. Culick and Spencer Dunmore, 2001 (Hyperion...
...DIED. FRED TURNER, 81, lawyer who successfully represented Clarence Earl Gideon after the Supreme Court overturned his earlier conviction, in a landmark 1963 case that established the right of every defendant in a criminal case to an attorney; in Panama City, Fla. Gideon, unable to afford an attorney, unsuccessfully defended himself and was convicted of breaking into a pool hall. In a new trial, Turner won Gideon's acquittal, proving the value of a public-defender system that has since become an essential part of our legal system...
...potential new anticancer medication - appeared to be healthy, frisky and well looked after. But at the end of any testing period, all the animals involved will be killed and forensic examinations will be conducted on them. "We do get some tears at the end of a study," according to Fred, an animal technician who did not want his real name used. "It's no different than working with terminally ill patients." Because of client confidentiality, HLS declined to elaborate on exactly what was being tested on the puppies, but acknowledged that the majority of substances tested on dogs were pharmaceuticals...
...DIED. W. FRED TURNER, 81, attorney who successfully defended Clarence Earl Gideon, a Florida inmate whose 1963 Supreme Court case was a major test of the right to legal representation; in Panama City, Florida. Gideon had no lawyer during a trial in which he was found guilty of stealing change and cases of beer, wine and Coke from a pool hall. He filed his own appeal to the Supreme Court, which ruled that the poor must be provided free counsel in serious criminal cases. During the retrial, Turner undermined previous testimony and presented an alternative culprit, winning Gideon's release...