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...martial, capitalized, Bush-campaign-esque lettering on the orange posters of Matthew J. Glazer ’06 and Clay T. Capp ’06, this ticket was flip-floppier than the auburn locks of its star. The campaign’s online profile of Matt alternated serious paragraphs with personality statements about Matt’s hair and middle name. Surprisingly, on a website filled with fun facts, Capp’s council nickname—The Beer Baron—didn’t get much play...

Author: By Alex Slack, | Title: Theater of the Absurd | 12/10/2004 | See Source »

...replacing the bouffant, hats are on the way back in. "Hats are a great way to camouflage yourself," says new Model Penelope Tree, who wears an assortment of big-brimmed Garbos around the Sarah Lawrence campus. Like such other Garbo fanciers as Julie Christie, Penelope firmly believes: "The floppier the better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Hats On | 11/3/1967 | See Source »

...Herblock, Paul Conrad of the Denver Post, Fritz Behrendt of Amsterdam's Algemeen Handelsblad-can transcend mere exaggeration to reach with a few lines the essence of a subject's character. "It is not simply a matter of drawing a big nose bigger and a floppy ear floppier," Kelen writes. "It involves an evaluation of the inner man through his outward features. A caricature is an opinion." For 40 years, from the League of Nations to the United Nations, Kelen scanned the world's leaders like road maps-and usually their faces told him just where they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cartoonists: Road Maps to Opinion | 10/4/1963 | See Source »

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