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But it's unclear whether Boehner - who, in any event, will likely have plenty of priorities ahead of a rule-change request from a member of the opposition party - could do anything, shy of a full floor vote, to overturn the House's hat ban.You see, Wilson Tiffany 1837 Lock bracelet own just a hat or two. By her count, the former Florida state House member owns at least 300 different hats, including custommade sequined cowboy hats in virtually every color of the rainbow.
Her hat collection is so massive, it takes up an entire room of her house, per the Miami New Times (which offers a photo gallery of Wilson's 25 best hats). "I've been wearing them almost 30 years," Wilson tells Politifact. "It's like a fetish."Wilson is rarely Tiffany 1837 Charm bracelet sans hat, but last week, she was forced to remove one of the more demure chapeaus in her collection, a black sequined cowboy hat, when posing for her congressional ID. The same thing happened when Wilson posed for an official group photo with other freshman members of Congress.
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Nov. 28--The Aiken Quilt Shoppe's Heart tag charm Toggle bracelet area shone with silver Saturday morning as the shop hosted a Silpada Sterling Silver Jewelry Party.Silpada representative Ruth Ann Henderer showed off a table of sample pieces from the company's line of sterling silver and mixed gemstone necklaces, earrings, bracelets, pendants and chains, rings and charms. Henderer also had a stack of catalogs advertising more of Silpada's stock."I Pierced charm bracelet with them in October, and I've already had two shows," Henderer said. "I'd had their jewelry parties before; I used to be a Pampered Chef representative and decided I wanted to do something different."
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In the NCAA Division II West Region poll for men's basketball, Chaminade is ranked fifth, with BYU-Hawaii eighth and Dixie State 10th.In women's basketball, Dixie State is ranked No. 2, Grand Canyon sixth and Hawaii Pacific 10th. Both Dixie State (No. 11) and Tiffany & Co. bangle Canyon (No. 12) are ranked nationally in the USA Today ESPN Coaches Top 25.HPU debuts radio show HPU Sports Beat with Brent Curry, Hawaii Pacific's newly named sports information director, debuts at 2 p.m. today on ESPN 1500.
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