Word: obe
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...Awarded an OBE...
...every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder It's hard to know what has made fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, 63, more famous: her punk-era bondage trousers and GOD SAVE THE QUEEN T shirts or the time she flashed photographers after receiving an OBE in 1992. Either way, after more than 30 years of irreverence and innovation, Westwood has earned her place among the most influential designers of her generation. Colleagues like Christian Lacroix and John Galliano have 'fessed up to her influence. And at the European fall 2004 shows in Paris in March, designers...
...OBE me? Up yours, I thought." Benjamin Zephaniah, British Rasta poet and activist, in an essay explaining that he turned down the Order of the British Empire honor because it "reminds me of slavery...
...Forward Spin: OBE's next step: expansion...