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Body-piercing is becoming increasingly popular at Harvard and around the country, according to several students who have recently acquired holes in exotic places.

Author: By Olivia F. Gentile, | Title: Noses and Nipples With Holes | 2/12/1994 | See Source »

The film's terribly still center is Margaret (Lena Headey, who was the maid in The Remains of the Day). She has recently been out to Egypt on a visit and, like so many travelers from her country, felt the heat of an exotic climate warm the dampness of her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bourgeois, But No Bore | 1/31/1994 | See Source »

Perry and Gerrard decided to call their duo Dead Can Dance when they saw a ritual mask from New Guinea. Says Perry: "The mask, though once a living part of a tree, is dead. Nevertheless, it has, through the artistry of its maker, been imbued with a life force of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magic From a Wizard's Brew | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

Now, however, as the city ricochets through its biggest boom since the Frank-and-Dino Rat Pack days of the '50s and '60s -- the tourist inflow has nearly doubled over the past decade, and the area remains among America's fastest growing -- the hypereclectic 24-hour-a-day fantasy-themed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Las Vegas, U.S.A. | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

For years Crichton responded by traveling like a tramp, the anthropologist in him exploring exotic cultures hard to reach. From Malaysia to Pakistan to an ascent of Kilimanjaro to a descent with South Pacific sharks, literally, he roamed. Along the way he was a spiritual pilgrim as well, exploring psychic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Fiction's Prime Provocateur | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

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