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...jostled from its coffin and wreaking havoc in the hold of a transatlantic jetliner deserves a novel of its own, but it doesn't belong in this one. Yet Amis' manic prose keeps Yellow Dog trotting along briskly. In Henry IX's office, "every plane had been harassed with ornament," and that describes Amis' style. Where other men see jets in the sky, Amis sees "contrails in various stages of dissolution, some, way up, as solid-looking as pipe cleaners, others like white stockings, discarded, flung in the air, or light bedding after beauty sleep." When the King visits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Martin Bites Back | 8/31/2003 | See Source »

...Mendes, the female lead (supporting Paul Walker and Tyrese) in 2 Fast 2 Furious, is one such ornament: her character is the trophy at the end of a 100-min. car race. "I have no problem being an accessory," says Mendes, 25, "as long as I'm not just an accessory. Unfortunately, it's part of being a woman. In the Louvre or on a movie screen, we're looked at as objects of beauty. We need to have more going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Babes In Boyland | 7/14/2003 | See Source »

...sheriff picked up the ornament, replaced it and landed the third blow to the platform amidst laughter from the crowd...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pomp, mud mark ceremonies | 6/27/2003 | See Source »

...sheriff picked up the ornament, replaced it, and landed the third blow to the platform amidst laughter from the crowd...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, | Title: Jokes, Pomp, But No Rain Mark Commencement Exercises | 6/6/2003 | See Source »

...sheriff picked up the ornament, replaced it, and landed the third blow to the platform amidst laughter from the crowd...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jokes, Pomp, But No Rain Mark Commencement | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

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