"It's wonderful when people are wearing a Polo player next to the American flag, " Mr. Lauren says.

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The dispute does not appear to have soured relations between the company and its brand spokesman, Argentine polo player Nacho Figueras, but the accusations blemish the reputation of a company that fosters a squeaky-clean image.

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K. K. Harouni, who had been a polo and tennis player until he suffered a heart attack, seven years earlier, took a walk morning and evening, totalling exactly four miles each day.

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