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...careful," Moses warned. He moved the rhino in an ominous drift to its left. The rhino began to circle the sugar bowl, using the bowl as cover in order to ambush the saltshaker (the visitor) from behind. The visitor became a naked and oblivious wanderer on the white linen plain. He stood frozen and defenseless as the rhino came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...month from home," he remembers. "So, my income rose to $350 a month. I became a rich student." He promptly moved to a hotel, hired a female student to do chores and type his papers, and began to give elegant soirees, replete with polished silver, pressed linen and fresh flowers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Businessman Adnan Khashoggi's High-Flying Realm | 1/19/1987 | See Source »

...Cambodian border in 1968. Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen), standing in for Stone, has dropped out of college and volunteered for the Nam, hoping to prove his manhood and his self-worth on the field of honor. The film opens with him joining the platoon clean cut and pale as linen. It ends with him being evacuated, turned black with blood and smoke. The movie is about his transition from one color to another...

Author: By Peter D. Sagal, | Title: Over the Rambo | 1/9/1987 | See Source »

...compressed or crushed by what they wear." Like Ozbek, Gigli also studied architecture, but he works from individual pieces, not a grand design. The usual fashion practice is to come up with a broad-based aesthetic for each collection. Gigli creates individual pieces -- a lovely evening dress of elasticized linen, for example, that hangs like an unpleated Fortuny -- and fits them into a whole. "Each piece I design has its own life," he says. "Then I assemble them. The clothes, to be strong, should be soft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Color of New Blood | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

...terms his heritage a "double-edged sword," noting the special attention given his protest activities--including the 1969 takeover of University Hall. That same year, Thomas was charged with six felony counts for preventing the delivery of linen to Dunster House while the Teamsters union was striking against Harvard Student Agencies, though he says he was only a witness to the events. Thomas says he still believes his family name led Harvard to single him out for prosecution. The charges were later thrown out of court. On the other hand, Thomas says, his name has helped him advance his career...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Saltonstalls Pepper Harvard's 350 Years | 9/5/1986 | See Source »

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