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Usually sporting carefully assembled “rapper-inspired” outfits—baggy T-shirt, baggy jeans, stylish basketball shoes, and “some bling from time to time”—Cosby was somewhat of a leader in his group of friends, Toffoli said. Or at least, Toffoli added, he was someone everyone knew and looked...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Friends, Neighbors Remember Cosby’s 'Strong' Presence | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...monumental inequalities that the apartheid government had created, it had to do so using the instruments of state power - government, law, the police - which it had spent years fighting. One way in which this identity crisis is expressed is in the modern ANC look - the mix of bling and camo worn by the Prada proletariat on display in East London. At a more serious level, while business, civil society and the press provide far more of a check on South Africa's government than they do in, say, Zimbabwe, the party's critics see the same bad underlying dynamics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why South Africa's Over the Rainbow | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...This whole crisis is like a big spring housecleaning?both moral and physical?bling is over. Red carpetry covered with rhinestones is out. I call it the "new modesty."' ?Karl Lagerfeld, designer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

...this look: head to Goodwill, purchase pantsuit, change, go to party. That’s it. No makeup or bling necessary. Optional: shoulder padding...

Author: By Edward-michael Dussom | Title: When I Grow Up... | 4/3/2009 | See Source »

...snippets from the 1937 trial transcript of Nikolai Bukharin, one of the multitude of old Bolshevik leaders devoured by Stalin. It's too soon to know how Kentridge will connect all this into a coherent production. But there won't be a diamond-crusted skull or a mirror-steel bling thing anywhere near it. That you can count...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Artist William Kentridge: Man of Constant Sorrow | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

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