Liz Claiborne's declines were offset slightly by sales of the company's Kate Spade brand, which increased comparative sales by 44% during the quarter.

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But let's call a spade a spade: These are advertisements aimed at building brand recognition among public radio's affluent, educated audience.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt ("Can't Hardly Wait"), Sarah Michelle Gellar of Fox's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer, " David Spade (NBC's "Just Shoot Me") and martial arts movie star Jackie Chan were on the list.

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The similarly designed mashie niblick was today's seven iron, the spade mashie a six iron.

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Virtually every morning, it seems, image-makers in the gainful employ of opposition leader Tony Abbott and Prime Minister Julia Gillard conjure up some kind of unimaginative photo-opportunity, where their leaders appear brandishing a blow-torch, a spade, a butcher's knife, an on-button or some kind of piece of light industrial machinery.

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He's also the head brand stylist for Kate Spade.

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The recent Flowering Spade is Hayes' fifth album, but it's his first bona fide studio recording.

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And I think the vote tally today is likely to sharp their sense that Majority Leader Bill Frist, who's seeking their support for White House bid, has not done kind of the spade work in his caucus that was needed for a better outcome.

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