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	Strange Hats of Heads of Nations

haraya

6-19-2007 11:15 PM

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Was only able to clip hat stories for four out of six leaders.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c1b32f0e-b69b-40ad-baaf-d5e955693a21/8C98AA25-580A-4501-8DD6-B5CB0FDB5802/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/" href="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.neatorama.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><STRONG>THE NAPOLEON</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="150" valign="top"><IMG width="150" height="154" src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-05/napoleon-hat.jpg" />
<IMG width="150" height="123" src="http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-05/napoleon-hat-2.jpg" /> </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><STRONG>Hat Story:</STRONG> Napoleon was known for his tall. Folded-brim <A href="#" class="kLink"  id="KonaLink0"><FONT color="#32527a"><SPAN class="kLink">felt </SPAN><SPAN class="kLink">hats</SPAN></FONT></A>. Some hypothesize, in fact, that Napoleon is remembered as short because his gigantic hats dwarfed the rest of him.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><STRONG>THE BERET</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.neatorama.com/img/7458C459-C9DF-4E16-BEA3-34EC9D17A28C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><STRONG>Hat Story:</STRONG> Originally worn in ancient Greece and Rome, the <A href="#" class="kLink"  id="KonaLink1"><FONT color="#32527a"><SPAN class="kLink">beret</SPAN></FONT></A> reached the Basque country by way of traders. The Romans color-coded their berets (white, for instance, could only be worn by aristocrats).</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><STRONG>THE FEZ</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.neatorama.com/img/0487B78C-04BB-45EB-B4DA-236FD34EF636" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><STRONG>Hat Story:</STRONG> This visorless, flat-topped, betassled felt cap became part of the official Turkish dress code under Sultan Mahmud II in the 1800s and remained so until being outlawed in 1925, two years after Turkey became a secular republic.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><STRONG>THE BOWLER, AKA THE DERBY</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.neatorama.com/img/9F10324E-039D-4CBE-8C32-C9DE4210BDC5" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><STRONG>Hat Story:</STRONG> Originally designed as a kind of stylish hard hat, the narrow-brimmed bowler first appeared in 1850 and for the next several decades was the hat for those who though <A href="#" class="kLink"  id="KonaLink2"><FONT color="#32527a"><SPAN class="kLink">top </SPAN><SPAN class="kLink">hats</SPAN></FONT></A> pretentious—or expensive.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><STRONG>EGYPIAN DIADEM</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.neatorama.com/img/5533EA62-7F1E-4298-A454-65F01D8AD080" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><STRONG>THE TOP HAT</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/18/strange-hats-of-heads-of-nations/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.neatorama.com/img/AD6E9ABB-DDEA-41EC-9CBA-F5EF88ACB68A" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8C98AA25-580A-4501-8DD6-B5CB0FDB5802/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>