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...seen in the West, because most of the surviving ones remain in their temples and are the most sacred of cult objects. The Zen master sits in the lotus position on a plain bench; his robe falls almost to the ground; a pair of empty slippers fit below its hem. Its spread belies the slenderness of the old priest, who was probably about 80 when the likeness was made. His face is all parchment and bone. The prow of a nose and the jutting underlip have a fierce antique gravity, like Renaissance portrait sculpture-one thinks of the faces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Wooden Priests, Painted Dragons | 1/17/1977 | See Source »

...anyway, Bruno has raised the purple hem, revealing that when he tires of the Men's Worldwide Heavyweight Title, he's going for the Women...

Author: By N. NASH Eberstadt, | Title: Trans-Sexual Athletes: Battle of the Chromosomes? | 12/9/1976 | See Source »

...autobiography, he insists, adding in the same breath, "I lay myself bare." Publishers are pounding on his door, even on the beaten brass portals of his Saharan retreat. They should not be disappointed: Saint Laurent is articulate, well read and capable of turning a phrase as neatly as a hem. For example: "Over the years I've learned that what's right in a dress is the woman wearing it." He has no title yet, but it could be called All About Yves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Living for Design: All About Yves | 8/16/1976 | See Source »

...Arkadin at 4 and 7:35 and The Killers (from Hem...

Author: By Peter Kaplan and Jonathan Zeitlin, S | Title: Film | 4/22/1976 | See Source »

Hitchcock's Murder at 6:10 and 9:40 p.m. and The Killers (Hem and Burt Lancaster...

Author: By Peter Kaplan and Jonathan Zeitlin, S | Title: Film | 3/11/1976 | See Source »

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