As an example, she cited her very first item at Tuesday's presentation: A sleeveless gray wool jumper with a low V-neck and white button-down shirt attached inside.

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And you only have to look under the hood or crawl beneath the car to see a technological nightmare: A low-compression flathead V-8, cloth wrapped wires, a crude carburetor, leaf springs and no shocks, big mechanical brakes that were about as useful as an anchor, and a differential the size of a melon, to appreciate that this car was a polluting, rattling, death trap.

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Although river levels are lower this year because of a low snow pack, the Merced flows rapidly through a V-shaped canyon and chute channels, Gediman said.

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Low-tax states like Texas, Tennessee and North Dakota are experiencing V recoveries.

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