In the late 1980s, Pier Luigi Loro Piana was in a bind. As a chief executive of the Italian luxury-fashion company Loro Piana, he wanted to offer his customers the finest animal fiber in the world: the hair of the vicua, a small llama-like creature native to the high plains of the Peruvian Andes
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Why the Taliban Won’t Miss bin Laden
As the sun rose, the men from the raiding party chanted verses from the Qu’ran, spread their chequered scarves on the dirt, and prayed for Osama bin Laden’s swift passage to paradise.