Barron and Jeffries are cut from a different cloth: They are African American, and they both talk about the economy and foreclosures and the police department's stop-and-frisk policy, but the similarities end there.

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These vaunted protectors of our historical legacy, pieces of cloth that stand between our filthy hands and many American treasures, are ingrained in the mind as a required wear during a visit to an archive.

FORBES: The White Glove Myth

What could be more American than Fume Blanc, a wine that was essentially made up here on our shores out of whole cloth, invented to help California differentiate itself and pull out from under the shadow of French wines, something it has long since done.

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