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...thing the King has not done is speak to the press, foreign or Moroccan--until last week, when he agreed to let TIME follow him on his peripatetic journeys and do the first interview of his reign. During the jog and more formal talks at a peacock-colored palace in Agadir and during a flight back to Rabat, he came off as confident yet modest, part regal, part ordinary guy. Combining a common touch with strategic vision, he may be the most impressive of the new generation coming to power in the Middle East. Moroccans are calling...
...moment from other high points in the evolution of the fashion staple is that tees need no longer be relegated to weekends, sport a logo or come in a packet of three. The latest versions are well tailored (often blended with Lycra), range in color from pastel pink to peacock blue, and boast sleeves and necklines the people at Hanes have probably never even considered. And needless to say, they don't cost $3.95. Women are buying them in bulk, for $25 to $60 apiece, to wear for work by day and more formal occasions at night...
...That one dress looked like you murdered a peacock...
Danzon, a dance group from Boston University, thrilled the audience with fleet-footed Zapateado dance from Veracruz and an Aztec dance featuring dramatic peacock-feather headdresses that reached several feet into...
Several minutes into the performance, a person sitting three rows behind me yelled "fag" as a performer in a flamboyant peacock costume came on stage. My friend pressed my leg with her hand, knowing the anger that was welling up inside me. Other heckling eventually drowned out the offending comment. I sat there hoping that nothing more of that nature would be said. Instead, a barrage of homophobic remarks started spewing forth from those seated behind me, and to my total dismay, these comments met with applause and laughter from the audience...