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...prim well-dressed woman slowly swept the cane back and forth over the sidewalk, feeling for the curb. Obviously blind, she seemed unsure where the side walk ended and the street began. I approached, thinking I would offer her an arm. An elderly gentleman beat me to it, taking her arm and offering to take her across the street...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, | Title: Editorial Notebook | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

...first-world country to become a self-proclaimed "beach bum"? "Mid-life crisis," he says. His friend, Hills-Man, comes to the beach to visit when the takes a break from working his farm in the beautiful inland hills. There, according to Jelly-Man, he "grows everyt'ing: Sugar cane, potatoes, ganga...

Author: By Marshall I. Lewy, | Title: fantasy island | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

McMullen, who has not conceded, is still sour. "This primary was hijacked by hardened partisans," he says of the Democrats and independents who crossed over to vote for Tuttle in the open primary. Ever the ham, Tuttle shakes his cane and says, "How could I hijack the whole state of Vermont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lights, Camera...Fred! | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...face is gaunt--ravaged but handsome, like a weathered statue--and the skull is nearly visible through the skin. The body is hunched; it needs a cane for support. Getting a first glimpse of Marcello Mastroianni here, the viewer is not surprised that this was the last film he completed before his death in late 1996. Was he only 72? He looks a decade older, frailer. A closeup could be like an autopsy, were it not for the actor's perennial ease and grace before the camera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema Short Takes: Voyage To The Beginning Of The World | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...adopted home with ease. Perennially clad in oxford shirts and khakis, he manages to simultaneously exude American preppiness and interpret his current home at a polite distance. Meanwhile, his Currier House single is full of Islamic and Sudanese artifacts from home and family. He pauses briefly to point at cane with an emblem of an eagle, the Sudanese national symbol...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: El-Gaili Fuses His Multiple Identities | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

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