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Ready for a shocking fashion statement? The No-Contact Jacket may look pretty fly, but it's also a piece of serious personal-defense technology. If the wearer feels threatened in any way, she (so far it's only for women) can activate a switch in either palm that blasts an 80,000-volt electrical pulse through the jacket's material. That's enough to knock anybody back a few paces. Powered by a regular 9-volt battery, the No-Contact Jacket is fully insulated, so the wearer won't feel a thing. Even when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: Keeping It Safe | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

Works just like the main site, with virtual modeling and a quick-shop feature that lets you plug in item numbers from the catalog. This down jacket is available with or without the faux-fur trim. For more sporty outerwear, go to llbean.com/kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Web Shopping Guide: For The Snow Bunny | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

Brando's closest friends admit that he often needs a shave, and that regardless of the company he is in, he belches or scratches as the need arises. Although he now makes as much as $200,000 a picture, he is often without matching trousers and jacket; until very recently he preferred blue jeans for all social gatherings. The day he arrived in Hollywood, Marlon honored the occasion by dressing up in his only suit, but somehow failed to notice that the trousers had a hole in the knee and a slit in the seat, through which the tail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 49 Years Ago In TIME | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

Reporting from a war zone may be the toughest assignment a journalist can get. Along with the flak jacket and the satellite phone, music?an iPod, Walkman or just a noisy singalong?can be a war correspondent's best friend. Here are a few tunes that have given our reporters a respite while covering Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notes from the Front | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

Reporting from a war zone may be the toughest assignment a journalist can get. Along with the flak jacket and the satellite phone, music - an iPod, Walkman or just a noisy singalong - can be a war correspondent's best friend. Here are a few tunes that have given our reporters a respite while covering Iraq. Aparisim Ghosh I never leave home without The Best of Daler Mehndi, a compilation of uptempo bhangra standards by India's best-selling pop act. It's Punjabi dance music at its best. I've made Mehndi fans out of cab drivers in Jenin, Gaza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notes from the Front | 11/9/2003 | See Source »

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