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...smash. In case you haven't heard, at one point in his career Agassi grew quite fond of crystal meth. Still, his soft shots carry the day. Agassi describes, in exquisite detail, how he wooed Steffi Graf by cobbling together a birthday card out of two airplane menus and raffia coiled around a champagne bottle. All together now: awwww...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Agassi Unstrung | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...results are innovative and stylish. Bark cloth?"a wonderful material that is peeled from the trunk of a fig tree and traditionally used as clothing"?is coaxed into purses, cushion covers, jewelry bags, even Christmas stockings. Ugandan village women's basket-weaving skills are applied to banana-leaf and raffia place mats, palm-leaf cutlery trays and millet-stem and raffia lampshades and coasters, and leatherworkers fashion wine-bottle coolers and photo-album covers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top Banana | 7/10/2006 | See Source »

...results are innovative and stylish. Bark cloth - "a wonderful material that is peeled from the trunk of a fig tree and traditionally used as clothing" - is coaxed into purses, cushion covers, jewelry bags, even Christmas stockings. Ugandan village women's basket-weaving skills are applied to banana-leaf and raffia place mats, palm-leaf cutlery trays and millet-stem and raffia lampshades and coasters, and leatherworkers fashion wine-bottle coolers and photo-album covers. Magyar's original shop has evolved into three cool and trendy Banana Boat store locations in Kampala, as well as an export business. With Banana Boat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top Banana | 7/6/2006 | See Source »

...After the initial climatic shock - it helps to remove as much clothing as you decently can - you find yourself surrounded by giant trees with twisted roots, rubber plants sprouting bell-shaped flowers, raffia palms, orchids and periwinkles. As you pass a large tortoise lurking under a fern and shriek at a fruit bat flying over your head, you may wonder whether you are still in Zurich. And that's how the zoo's director, Alex Rübel, intended it. Opened in June 2003, after a decade of planning and construction, the j33.5 million project boasts such high-tech features...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jungle Fever | 1/11/2004 | See Source »

...After the initial climatic shock-it helps to remove as much clothing as you decently can-you find yourself surrounded by giant trees with twisted roots, rubber plants sprouting bell-shaped flowers, raffia palms, orchids and periwinkles. As you pass a large tortoise hovering under a fern and shriek at a fruit bat flying over your head, you may wonder whether you are still in Zurich. And that's how the zoo's director, Alex R?bel, intended it. Opened in June 2003, after a decade of planning and construction, the j33.5 million project boasts such high-tech features as light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jungle Fever | 1/11/2004 | See Source »

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