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Nachomee is also a medicine woman of her people and was the only person wearing white leather-fringed regalia...

Author: By William L. Jusino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Powwow Honors Heritage | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

...sites have been shot at. "I didn't sleep for a month" after the kidnappings, Sawiris told Time, though he helped secure the hostages' eventual release. But in business terms, it has been worth it. "It's one of our most profitable operations," says Sawiris, 50, sprawled on a leather chair in Orascom Telecom's ornate Paris office. "I take a lot of risks, but calculated risks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East Meets West | 4/24/2005 | See Source »

...moon; Japanese saw the silhouette of a rabbit with mortar and pestle, pounding out the elixir of life.) Likewise, the clam is peaceable to us; but when one sees the magnificent 17th century helmet in this show, with the two halves of a clam shell in black lacquered leather rising from the crest like the wings of the Angel of Death, its power as an image of armor is undeniable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Move Over, Darth Vader | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...lacquer rising from the brow, a landscape, specifically Ichi-no-tani Canyon, the site of a famous battle in the 12th century. And there are helmets whose fusion of unstated ferocity and formal elegance seems to epitomize the nature of Zen warriorhood. One, a 16th century filigree of gilded leather in the form of a courtier's hat, is simply inscribed with the character mu--nothingness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Move Over, Darth Vader | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...away the dirt. As he points out the silver-inlaid design and the gold initials R.L.K., he smiles at all the times he's worn them with a swagger. He hangs them on the wall with a jangle, his eyes passing again over his bridles, bits and well-worn leather saddle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Arizona: Cowboy Poets | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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