This week's question: Walmart has seen a decrease in sales of pants, but an increase in sales of tops, as locked-down white-collar workers shift to videoconferencing and need only worry about how they look from the waist up. Please come up with the name of a new fashion line for people who only see their coworkers on teleconferences and Zoom.
Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Go blue
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THE WINNER: "Yves Sans Le Pants"
Margaret Baker, Hillsboro, West Virginia
SECOND PLACE: "Fruit of the Zoom"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
THIRD PLACE: "MacySomethin' When I Stand Up"
Rebecca J. Bené, Millersville, Maryland
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Pantsagonia"
Sue Free, San Francisco
"The North Waist"
Lisa Munsch, Boulder, Colorado
"Halph Lauren"
Jason Kuller, Bethesda, Maryland
"L.L. Seen Too Much"
Andrew Coyne, New York City
"P.J.Maxx"
Joanna Beletic, New York City
"Work from Homme"
Pete Winslow, Alexandria, Virginia
"Button Down the Hatches"
Lawton Stephens Jr., Colorado Springs, Colorado
"Nothing Goes to Waist"
Sam Mahmoud, Kenmore, Washington
"Upper Level Management"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"Half-Dressed for Success"
Clifford Pepperman, Tarzana, California
"Above the Belt"
Alan Samit, Flemington, New Jersey
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Political cartoons for November 30Cartoons Sunday's political cartoons include the Saudi-China relationship, MAGA spelled wrong, and more
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Rothermere’s Telegraph takeover: ‘a right-leaning media powerhouse’Talking Point Deal gives Daily Mail and General Trust more than 50% of circulation in the UK newspaper market
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The US-Saudi relationship: too big to fail?Talking Point With the Saudis investing $1 trillion into the US, and Trump granting them ‘major non-Nato ally’ status, for now the two countries need each other
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro behind bars after appeals run outSpeed Read He will serve 27 years in prison
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Americans traveling abroad face renewed criticism in the Trump eraThe Explainer Some of Trump’s behavior has Americans being questioned
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Nigeria confused by Trump invasion threatSpeed Read Trump has claimed the country is persecuting Christians
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Russia is ‘helping China’ prepare for an invasion of TaiwanIn the Spotlight Russia is reportedly allowing China access to military training
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Interpol arrests hundreds in Africa-wide sextortion crackdownIN THE SPOTLIGHT A series of stings disrupts major cybercrime operations as law enforcement estimates millions in losses from schemes designed to prey on lonely users
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China is silently expanding its influence in American citiesUnder the Radar New York City and San Francisco, among others, have reportedly been targeted
