They end in hooks which would have been linked together when the collar was worn.

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Wal-Mart stumbled a few years ago with a push into high-end fashion, instead of sticking with cheaper clothing that suited its blue-collar customers.

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Well, to that end, Radiation Shield Technologies has developed a full line of radiation-defeating garments (the thyroid collar being our favorite).

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