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> This year's entries in the Duct Tape Prom contest.

> Necktie makers are worried over the environmentally-friendly dress-down trend in Japan. Oh well -- it's good for the shirt-makers (to say nothing of the people who endured strangulation all the years). The Federation of Japanese Necktie Unions is considering a lawsuit against the government which has been promoting the shift during the hot summer months.