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Part of that problem lies with Swank. She is undeniably the most physically right American actress to play Earhart. Everything about her looks the part: the tousled hair, the toothy smile, that slim but womanly physique. Swank could have been handed a leather jacket and stepped right into the cockpit - although the painted-on freckles are a nice touch - and this intense resemblance unfairly vests us in the notion that Earhart will spring to life onscreen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood's Amelia Earhart: Lost at Sea | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

Jess looked at me and shrugged. She was wearing a sequined jacket, and as she moved the light from street lamps sort of bounced off her shoulders. We were standing in that alley between Border Cafe and LF, the one that separates the Coop into two distinct countries—books, Harvard merchandise...

Author: By Emily C. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Detour in Harvard Square | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

Michael Chute kindled a fire as night fell and the party was ending, and I sat down with his wife, who wore big boots and a blue bandanna that tied back long kinky hair. "We should secede," she said, almost to herself. Over her jungle-camo jacket she strung a bandolier that held what looked like the 7.62 mm rounds for her AK-47, the rifle she calls "my baby" because "it kicks just a little bit and has a deep sound." But there was nothing deadly about her ammo: the shell casings were affixed with pencil points. "The point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Beans of Egypt, Maine, Sprouted a Militia | 10/24/2009 | See Source »

...attend a freak show, steal a rare and deadly spider, and run away from home, they become mortal enemies and join the long dormant war between the good and evil vampire sects: the Vampires and the Vampaneze. Darren casts off his Sperry topsiders in exchange for a red leather jacket, joins the freak show, and meets the inevitable circus love interest. While Darren woos his half-monkey, half-frumpy high-school freakheart, Steve joins the dark side and starts killing former teachers. When their final dramatic confrontation takes place, Steve explains to Darren with comic seriousness that the Vampaneze think...

Author: By Alex E. Traub, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...fact, on paper. Sales aren't held to a fixed timetable, so see bloomsburyauctions.com for dates of forthcoming events. (An auction of ephemera and propaganda from China under Mao, including the first Hebrew edition of the Little Red Book, takes place on Nov. 5.) There's a high tweed-jacket count - book-collecting seems to be the province of silver-haired gentlemen, who bid courteously and quietly. Expect shelves crammed with leather-bound books and many more in cardboard boxes on the floor. Heaven for bibliophiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lots of Interest in London | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

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