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...while traveling along the Mekong River. They were apparently executed three months later as suspected spies, although the U.S. and Australian governments maintain they were tourists. The remains have not been officially identified, but members of the Dean family say they recognize items found with the corpse, including a bracelet inscribed with the name of a missing American serviceman. For 20 years, Howard Dean has worn a black belt that belonged to his brother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

Those colorful plastic bracelets popularized by Madonna and Avril Lavigne have taken on a risque new twist. The bangles convey a not-so-secret sexual code depending on their color, indicating different levels of intimacy starting from hugs. In a game some kids call Snap, they yank the rubbery bracelets from the wrists of fellow students to indicate which kind of sex they would like to have. Grabbing a red bracelet is asking for a lap dance, for example, and a blue one can mean oral sex. The code has even spread internationally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parents: Brace Yourselves | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

While most kids seem to take the code as merely an inside joke, some schools like Fort McCoy in Marion County, Fla., have banned the bracelets. "It's a hot-button topic here," says school-board member Sue Mosley, who has heard complaints from parents at middle schools. Some kids defend the bracelets as just kitschy accessories. "I've been wearing my bracelet since eighth grade," says 15-year-old Roby Behrens of Los Angeles. "It's a fashion thing. You don't need them to have sex, but people do use them to kiss or get to third base...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parents: Brace Yourselves | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...profits equally among its workers. She attends innumerable protest rallies armed with a cup of fair trade coffee in hand. Her hair is washed with organic shampoo and her teeth brushed with organic fennel baking soda, both from Tom’s of Maine. She made her Macrame bracelet herself while on a summer expedition inspecting labor conditions in Guatemala...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester and J. hale Russell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Harvard Style At a Glance | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

EARRINGS AND BRACELET: From yard sales in the Catskills. My mom bargained down to $1 for the earrings. The bracelet was a little more expensive...about...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Style Deconstructed | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

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