T-Shirt Times

By Jim Brown
April 12, 2006

Charles Smith, a 48-year-old computer repairman from Conyers, Ga., began selling T-shirts reading "I (heart) Wal-ocaust" last year, and he displays the more elaborate logo on his Web site.
 
When Wal-Mart Stores Inc. found out, it requested a cease-and-desist order, calling the phrase and logo tasteless. Smith responded with a federal lawsuit in March asking a judge to decide if he can continue.
 
Wal-Mart’s recently filed countersuit says Smith "seeks to cloak his illegal commercial activities under the mantle of the First Amendment." It asks the court to dismiss Smith’s complaint and stop him from displaying or producing the logo. It also seeks undetermined damages.
 
"Smith’s tasteless enterprise demonstrates that he is attempting to profit from his repulsive wares, not merely expressing his misguided opinions about Wal-Mart," the lawsuit says.
 
Smith acknowledges the logo is tasteless, but he and his attorneys, part of Ralph Nader’s Public Citizen Litigation Group, consider this a free speech battle.

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ABBEY TINKER
Staff writer

A T-shirt is the staple to every college student’s outfit. T-shirts can display anything from sports team logos, major city names like New York City, or witty one-liners such as “Lie (next) to me.” A lot can be done with T-shirts. 

     “If there is someone walking by me or sitting in my class and they have a t-shirt on with a graphic or a saying I do read it. Some of them are really funny and clever. The graphics are pretty cool too,” said freshman Suzanne Gersich. 

     T-shirts can be dressed up or dressed down, depending on the occasion. If the occasion calls for a little sprucing up, the T-shirt should fit more snugly and not be covered in words or graphics. Sometimes all an outfit needs to look put together and polished is a simple solid-colored tee with a necklace or a jacket over it. 

     Everybody knows the art of dressing down a T-shirt, but there is a way to make the outfit look put together and not like it was thrown together from a pile on the floor. Be sure the t-shirt does not have any holes and is not discolored. 

     T-shirts can also be handmade. This option takes some time and creativity but creates a very unique look. Some ideas are to put a favorite graphic or picture of friends on it. Another is to put one or many favorite quotes. The most popular homemade t-shirt would be the classic tie-dye. 

“Making your own T-shirts lets you express yourself.

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http://www.royalpurplenews.com/disarticle.php?id=1482&dateid=2006-04-12

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It may be vulgar, it may be rude, but a word deriving from the slang for testicles has taken on a life of its own in Italy’s rough-and-tumble election campaign. What began as a slur by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi against supporters of his rival Romano Prodi, the word now figures on opposition posters, T-shirts, and even the lips of straight-laced senior citizens.

Ever since Berlusconi branded anyone who would support the opposition as coglione — translated variously in English as “bloody idiot,” “dickhead” or “moron” — they have sassed back, with the slogan “I’m a coglione” sprouting up everywhere. “Berlusconi’s the coglione,” said 71-year-old Mara Ferri at the start of Prodi’s final election rally in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo on Friday evening. “He thinks he can stay on as the boss of Italy, but we won’t be part of his business. We want a clean and honest Italy. I’m prepared to pay higher taxes to see the back of him.” afp

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http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C04%5C09%5Cstory_9-4-2006_pg9_6

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HERKIMER - Area women and children will gather today to paint T-shirts in representation of the domestic and sexual abuse they have suffered.

The event, which begins at 6 p.m. at the Child Advocacy Center of Herkimer County on 205 N. Washington St. in Herkimer, is co-sponsored by the YWCA of the Mohawk Valley’s Sexual Violence and Child Advocacy Center of Herkimer County program and the Herkimer County DA Victim Services coordinator.

This evening of T-shirt painting is part of the Clothesline Project, a national program that began in Cape Cod, Mass., to address the issue of violence against women. A vehicle for women affected by violence to express their emotions, victims will decorate a shirt depicting the abuse they have endured. The decorated shirts will hang together on a clothesline in testimony to the problem of violence against women. Each color of paint represents a form of abuse suffered by victims of violence. Yellow and beige represent battered women; red, pink and orange represent survivors of rape and sexual assault; blue and green represent survivors of incest and sexual abuse; purple and lavender represent women attacked because of their sexual orientation; and black represents women attacked for political reasons.

This event is being held in recognition of Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness Month. The entire month of April is dedicated to these issues and the week of April 23-29 is National Victims Rights Week.

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http://www.herkimertelegram.com/articles/2006/04/06/news/news04.txt

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Contact: Claire Bowles
claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk
44-207-611-1210
New Scientist

HAVE you ever wished you could vanish into the background? Doing a disappearing act could soon be as simple as flicking a switch, thanks to chameleonic clothing that mimics the patterns and colours of its surroundings.

Greg Sotzing of the University of Connecticut in Storrs has