At a recent performance at a New York jazz club, Harrell showed up looking trim in a leather jacket and sunglasses--even though it was a hot, dark summer night.

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The new Kindle also fits into a jacket pocket, unlike the iPad, which measures 9.6 by 7.5 inches.

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Yorke, who is forty-four, seemed considerably more tired than he had in New York, and was wearing a leather jacket and a thick woollen sweater against an unseasonably cold English winter.

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He prowls Patagonia's headquarters, in Ventura, California, checking in on new designs (he showed me a sturdy down jacket that felt about as heavy as a paperclip and then said he'd kill me before telling me how they make it) and tinkering with a lightweight camp stove of his own invention at his desk.

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Tempted by the new threads, I, too, brought a jacket to the register and waited behind five others before I could plunk down my cash.

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On the 9 p.m. boat ride back to Manhattan from New Jersey, Dan Dubno, wearing a reflective mylar jacket to keep out the chill of the Hudson, said that, even if there were no presentations or gadget demos, the event would have been a success because it brought people together to celebrate and forward innovation and creative tinkering.

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LONDON, England -- There is a new kid on the block in the world of portable listening devices -- the mp3blue jacket.

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Recognizing a growing demand for leatherwear for the new automobile and airplane era, Hermes revolutionized the industry, making the first ever leather jacket with a zipper.

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