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...matter of personal space violation for me. You can shake my hand or fondly caress my shoulder (acceptable forms of greeting in the West), but the hair is sacred. How many of your white friends do you greet by scruffing their heads...
Tough men go dippy in her presence. They look beyond the blondness and see a questing intelligence, a wit that can sting or caress and, in the corners of her smile, a hint that with the right guy, she wouldn't mind messing around a bit. So, in Twister, a meteorologist (Bill Paxton) runs away with her, ditching his fiance to wildcat after tornadoes. On Mad About You, her TV husband (Paul Reiser) can't stop rhapsodizing. "I'm admiring a beautiful girl who married me for some reason," he says, and "all I know is that I want...
...Playoffs? Three of the four series are already on the brink, and this whole first-round thing feels, well, a little preliminary. So stoke up your love of the game with The Bad News Bears (1976). Open a window on a crisp fall morning and let the woody breeze caress your VCR as Buttermaker (Walter Matthau), Amanda (Tatum O'Neal), and feisty Tanner remind you what our great pastime is all about. It'll take you back. Trust...
Summer love is a phenomenon as old as, well, summer, but a lot of designers have decided that the summer of '97 is the season for romance. They're offering up delicate feminine frocks and fluid wide-legged pants that caress the body like a breeze. Pale tones, cool watercolors and neutrals are popping up all over in soft materials such as light wools, chiffon, crepe de chine and jersey. For the more daring, there's the citrus palette, with all its variations on lime green, orange and yellow. And for the downright bold, sheer fabrics are moving into daywear...
When the nurses range his arms, he can feel a light touch from the hand up to the elbow, "as if someone were to brush a hand along the area, a kind of caress. And I can feel something in my shoulder blades...