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...difficult to speak of winners in France's European parliamentary election on Sunday, given that almost 60% of French adults voted with their derrières by staying at home and avoiding the democratic process altogether. But those who did turn up rewarded two unlikely and rival contestants: the ruling party of France's unpopular President, Nicolas Sarkozy, and a union of traditionally marginal environmental parties now challenging the Socialists for leadership of the nation's leftist opposition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: European Elections: A Blow to Brown, Boost for Merkel | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

Going from unisex to unsex, The Lodge At Harvard Square, with 17 New England outlets, sells its women customers huge quantities of old-fashioned men's chino pants, whose seats rapidly become modishly baggy on distaff derri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Dressing Down in Sloppy Chic | 7/3/1978 | See Source »

Along the way come the wearying jokes. The Globatron secretaries are sleek young men, and their female bosses can't take their eyes away from the male derrière, packed into tight pants, as it passes out the door. "Cutest little bottom in the office, right, Christina?" says L.W. to one of her underlings as sexy Secretary Dan (Gary Sandy) leaves the board room. Christina, as L.W. seems to know, is making it with Dan. Christina's househusband Bert (Chuck McCann), meantime, frets at home, taking care of the kids, gaining weight -and wondering why Christina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIEWPOINT: Eve's Rib and Adam's Yawn | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

Many steps came straight from the ballet manual. Others have never been seen before: Misha's good-natured fanny squeeze-his own derrière-and a figure in which Yankee Doodle scoops up Sarry to ring the Liberty Bell. Compression and speed obscured some of the complexity of the choreography. Baryshnikov, as always, appeared to be dancing steps as they occurred to him. Occasionally Feld overreached. When the orchestra struck up a flourish reminiscent of the old Pathé newsreel finale, Baryshnikov lofted Sarry high in a grand one-handed Kirov lift. Majestically, he floated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Misha Meets Yankee Doodle | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

...there is a shift of the left foot so that the partners can face each other diagonally and rhythmically throw punches into the air. Next they move into a contact dance, as precisely orchestrated as a waltz, during which the male rains soft blows on the girl's derrière, striking her on beat. Some partners also aim mighty kicks at each other-without contact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Kicking with Kung Fu | 1/27/1975 | See Source »

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