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Tracing a trend: chain gang

Article Abstract:

The use of jewelry in large quantities is featured in the 1998 spring fashion collections of various designers such as Julien MacDonald, Christian Dior, Antonio Berardi and Clements Ribeiro. Collections of shiny chains, large pendants and earrings provide gloss to the designers' collections.

Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vogue
Subject: Fashion and beauty
ISSN: 0042-8000
Year: 1997
Usage, Works, Fashion designers, Fashion, Collections and collecting, Jewelry

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Versatile backpacks

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Seven internal-frame backpacks suitable for women hikers are recommended. Size, fit, durability and performance are discussed. They include the $255 Gregory Teton, the $270 Mountainsmith Frostfire, the $229 Quest Big Kahuna, and the $210 Kelty Zuni.

Author: Teare, Tracy
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Women's Sports and Fitness
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 1099-6079
Year: 1997
Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Equipment and supplies, Sporting goods, Backpacks, Backpacking, Gregory Teton (Backpack), Kelty Zuni (Backpack), Quest Big Kahuna (Backpack), Mountainsmith Frostfire (Backpack), Lowe Alpine Women's Crossbow (Backpack), North Face Civetta (Backpack), Dana Design 10th Anniversary Terraplane (Backpack)

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Tribal warfare

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The contact between Europeans colonizing in North America and Native Americans probably destroyed a fragile social balance that had existed among the local tribes. One key result was widespread violence.

Author: Ferguson, Brian
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
United States, History, North America, Native Americans, Europeans, Native American history, Colonization, Europeans in the United States

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