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...hardship of war ruin their looks, washing their hair with paste from bo ket seeds and sharing combs and mirrors. If they were American, there would have been a TV series based on them. On each grave, there is a photo of a smiling girl wearing her battle helmet. Pilgrims have left offerings of plastic combs and compacts. Mr. Truong buys incense sticks and invites us to plant them at the graves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road to Redemption | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...days on the road, asks him to ride her Minsk while she takes the jeep. The going is particularly mountainous, and heading uphill Mr. Truong keeps getting stuck between gears. We pass him several times: he's frantically trying to keep from stalling, strands of hair escaping his helmet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road to Redemption | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

There were no signs of lingering damage last week though, as O’Neill threw for 270 yards and four scores, improving his quarterback rating to an almost unheard of 177.71—good enough for the New England Sports Writers Gold Helmet Award as Division I-AA player of the week...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEASON's GREETING: Football Opens Year At Cross-Town Rival | 9/19/2003 | See Source »

...with the Elektra house, there's a surprise inside: the interiors are so filled with light that you could read a sundial in any of the rooms. To cross the threshold from the mildly forbidding exterior to the glowing entry hall is like removing Darth Vader's helmet to find that it was Tinkerbell underneath it the whole time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space Case | 8/28/2003 | See Source »

...When the data was finally uploaded, I strapped on my helmet and oxygen mask and slid into the co-pilot's seat in the front row. Blood was on my right, and Chanel and Sidler occupied the rear seats. As the engines roared, I realized I had forgotten a significant piece of gear: my barf bag. I clicked on my microphone and warned the crew of my oversight. Blood gestured toward my gloves. "If you really need it, you've got a barf bag on each hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Drawing the B-1 . . . to Flying It | 7/27/2003 | See Source »

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