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...passing of the boa ranks with the loss of “Charles in Charge.” Aside from protecting the tender underside of one’s chin from the dangers of windburn, a boa can provide a splash of color to liven up even the most drab of fishnets and black bitch-boots...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Trends FM Wants Back | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

...drab office building lobby at 124 Mount Auburn St. has been transformed into a gallery filled with brilliant colors. These colors will not be unfamiliar to devotees of Haitian art, the focus of “Radiant and Resilient: Haitian Art Today,” a new exhibition at the Cambridge Art Association. The exhibit is part of a larger program, Haitian Art Today, that runs from October through December 2003, and also includes lectures, tours, readings and music in order to explore Haitian culture and benefit the New Jerusalem community center...

Author: By Audrey J. Boguchwal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Visuals Preview | 10/3/2003 | See Source »

...stereotypically gay sense of fashion and personal maintenance. He shuns excessive grooming. His closet is full of plaid. He doesn’t even own moisturizer. Watch as FM’s resident beauty expert William Lee Adams ’04, a former Miss Harvard, transforms Will from drab...

Author: By William L. Adams, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Queer Eye for the Queer Guy | 9/25/2003 | See Source »

...With Kai Tak gone, many Hong Kong residents are understandably proud of its replacement, Chek Lap Kok (its drab proper name is the Hong Kong International Airport). It is undoubtedly a well-designed, efficient, world-class facility. Inside it is everything Kai Tak wasn't?spacious, airy and, with an inventive use of natural light, a little too bright for some when the morning sun catches those check-in desks. But it's also like so many international airports nowadays: somewhat soulless and homogenized. You could be in Schipol or Singapore. One reason Kai Tak is still held in such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Plane Spotter's Lament | 7/21/2003 | See Source »

...self was really inside them all along. Whether these shows remake your house, your wardrobe or your chin, they cater to the same fantasy: that if someone with a gifted eye took the time, that person would see your beauty and uniqueness, would probe past the lie of your drab exterior and bring the shimmering true you to the surface. We used to call that kind of penetrating gaze the look of love. Today we just call it television...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trading Faces | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

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