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Ideological Warriors. The variety is enormous, from tank top through the classic skivvy T shirt to the long-sleeved variety favored by snowbound North Dakota farmers. Some models sport one red sleeve and one blue, joined by a rainbowed trunk. Some stop fetchingly just above the navel, others stretch down to the ankle. Almost all flaunt a symbol, and the range is all-encompassing. The ideological warriors can sport the peace sign, the clenched fist marking Women's Liberation or even the Viet Cong flag. Exhibitionists will love the startling model imprinted with a properly located life-size photo...
...Sade, he rushes around the world anxiously seeking aesthetic forms through which to resolve his conflicts and act out his sexual obsessions. Craig's films include features about his secretary's sensuous mouth, copulating dolphins, even a reel starring a belly dancer's navel that smiles, frowns, bites and becomes a puckered keyhole through which a documentary collage of 20th century horrors may be ogled. Out of context, the man sounds comical. But the harder he pursues his pathetically deformed efforts to feel alive, the more destructive he gets...
...Replaced Navels. Very popular in Rio is the Pitanguy nose (cute, petite and slightly upturned) and Sophia Loren eyes (almond shaped). The latest rage is carving clefts into chins or, for those whose chins are already cleft, smoothing out the cleft. Much of Pitanguy's time is spent sculpting bustlines into more sedate proportions. "Brazil has more big breasts than anywhere else in the world," he explains. Whether the breasts are expanded or contracted, however, they remain functional after Pitanguy's alterations: milk flow is unimpaired, and nipples are normally positioned. The doctor is also known...
...Catherine said that she won't eat because she can cook. I looked at my plate of food and understood. That lady had a few long gray whiskers on her chin, a side reaction of the ubiquitous tranquilizer Thoridine. Her dress wasn't buttoned much above the navel, and her right breast was half hanging out. She stared at her food and then put a fork in her coffee...
...giant faces in a slightly different direction. Then an old islander informed him that "each modi looks at a part of the world over which he has power and for which he is answerable." The old name of the island, he reminded Maziere, was Te Pito Te Henua-The Navel of the World...