Word: levi
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...private vision from Jesus, which she passes on to the male disciples. This role is a usurpation of the go-between status the standard Gospels normally accord to Peter, and Mary depicts him as mightily peeved, asking, "Did [Jesus] really speak with a woman without our knowledge?" The disciple Levi comes to her defense, saying, "Peter, you have always been hot-tempered ... If the Savior made her worthy, who are you to reject her? Surely, the Savior loves her very well. That is why he loved her more than...
...Genuine Hawaiian aloha shirts from the 1960s and '70s take pride of place on his walls, and a pair of vintage, indigo Big E Levi's hang by the door. "Not for sale," says Preecha. "Just to attract good customers." Levi's, especially Red Tab and Big E versions, as well as Japanese denim brands such as Evisu, are in strong demand with collectors, he says...
...accomplished. The spoils: a black leather blouson jacket from M. Bogen & Sons of Boston (asking price: 2,000 baht, or $49; final purchase price: 1,200 baht); a pair of olive-green U.S. Army cotton fatigues (700 baht, bargained down to 400); a pair of well-worn Levi's 501s (800 baht, down to 650); a "Made in Hawaii" rayon aloha shirt with coconut-shell buttons (1,000 baht, down to 700); a Lee denim jacket (600 baht, down to 400); a black canvas belt?very Helmut Lang (fixed price of 100 baht); one Fred Perry and two Ralph Lauren...
...predictably adequate $48 version, but I lingered at Ralph Lauren, fingering the blazer's golden buttons, trying to rationalize such an indulgent purchase. It's a special occasion, I reminded myself. Nothing's too good for my boy. Besides, the jacket was cheap compared with the $525 vintage Levi's ("That's five bills for pants somebody else pooped in!" my husband exclaimed when I told him about the diminutive jeans). But I remembered that I was about to buy a garment my son would wear once and quickly outgrow and that, in today's economy, thrifty...
...true, those who debunked it are portrayed here as unscholarly in their methods or worse. Some of the recantations seemed to have been extorted and were later disavowed. Anyway, what does it prove if, 15 years after their supposed first contact with the outside world, the Tasaday wore Levi's? And does that mean they can never wear leaves again...