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...those with a strong stomach and a taste for the bizarre, "Sex and Zen" is perfect fare. So get out your raincoat and go see it. You can always claim you are watching a classic Ming Dynasty novel...

Author: By Joel VILLASENOR Ruiz, | Title: Zen and the Art of Matrimonial Maintenance | 2/10/1994 | See Source »

...Hanging there were winter coats they had not worn in years. Doyle's gray-and-black herringbone was of an elegant European design that he now considers a bit flashy. The vibrant blue of Laughlin's five-year- old down coat had begun to fade. Kermani's dark blue raincoat had become too tight. Shaughnessy thought the brown trench with the bright red lining was starting to look like Columbo's. Scott had purchased a new, gold-colored overcoat to replace the sturdy dark gray mohair that sheltered him through years of commuting from Fairfield, Connecticut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene a Tale of Five Warm Coats | 12/27/1993 | See Source »

...does enough private detective work to keep the rent paid on his crummy hotel room. Sometimes Scudder makes a point of saying that it's a nice day and that the sun is shining, but this never seems convincing. He's a night man, with a turned-up raincoat collar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Solve It Again, Sam | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

...does enough private detective work to keep the rent paid on his crummy hotel room. Sometimes Scudder makes a point of saying that it's a nice day and that the sun is shining, but this never seems convincing. He's a night man, with a turned-up raincoat collar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Solve It Again, Sam | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

...marrying Stephanie Brown, one of the paper's star reporters; they have three children.) After joining TIME in 1963, his debut assignments included covering the Kennedy assassination and the Beatles' first U.S. tour. From there, Porterfield moved on to the Alaska earthquake in March 1964 -- arriving with an unlined raincoat and $100 hastily withdrawn from the wire-room cashbox...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Our Readers: Nov. 15, 1993 | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

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