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Burberry was founded in 1856 as a clothing company for the outdoorsmen of Hampshire, England. Since then, the business has gone on to play a vital role in fashion history, or so Burberry’s plaid-replete website boasts. The company designed service uniforms for British officers in 1901, outfitting the first two expeditions to the South Pole in 1911 and 1914, lining trenchcoats in 1924 and clothing British aviators in the 1930s. Beginning in the 1960s, the Burberry Check has appeared on scarves, umbrellas and luggage. Recently, the company—under new management since 1997?...
...homeless; we're outdoorsmen," Williams joked...
Perhaps late into the dank night, when the Smores have congealed to the consistency of government cheese and the sleeping bag begins to feel more like a moist Baggie, certain outdoorsmen begin to wish for the unspeakable: that the call of the wild would be answered by room service...
...billion-dollar water project would have turned Cheesman Canyon into a vast man-made lake, covering an area between two forks of the South Platte River known to outdoorsmen as the "St. Peter's Basilica of trout fishing." The EPA decided to block the dam because it would destroy a valuable wildlife and recreational area. Colorado officials condemned the decision as "shortsighted." But biologist Carse Pustmueller of the National Audubon Society applauded the move. "The project is absolutely not viable under the Clean Water Act," said Pustmueller. "This whole Two Forks saga has educated everybody that water is finite...
...manipulated plot reunites Hillerman's detectives, Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, lovelorn men who bury grief in stubborn pursuit of moral order. Their tracking skills and non-Anglo reasoning still prove vital to averting further crime. In place of breathtaking evocations of light and landscape, Hillerman touchingly portrays the outdoorsmen's dislocation amid subways, crowds and unneighborly indifference...