| 1. | Contrarian is not the first word one would associate with Talbots.
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| 2. | Talbots'history hasn't been all ruffles and flourishes.
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| 3. | A spokeswoman for Talbots could not be reached over the weekend.
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| 4. | Some analysts said that may have helped Talbots report an increase.
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| 5. | Talbots has an even better way of dealing with low inventories.
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| 6. | Talbots shares fell 13 / 16 to 22 in midmorning trading.
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| 7. | It took Talbot 10 months to fill out the FDA paperwork.
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| 8. | Talbot's shares closed unchanged at 17 7 / 16.
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| 9. | (Margaret Talbot is a senior editor at The New Republic.
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| 10. | The American ambassador, Phillips Talbot, was asleep at home.
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