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...usually spry 63-year-old--he's a movie star, for heaven's sake; it's his business not to act his age--but we have to wonder why, when the picture is set in Seattle, where it rains often, this detail-oriented guy never seems to remember his raincoat or umbrella. Then there's the matter of the family. What has rendered them so friendless? Only once does someone call to inquire why they haven't been around. The mailman doesn't appear. No one drops by to ask the kids to play. And then there's the robbers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Ford Saves Family, Again | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...minutes I am wearing: Sturdy leather boots and a borrowed raincoat...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scoped! Style Edition | 10/26/2005 | See Source »

...swank. My style in one sentence: It’s like sex; it’s nice to know that other people enjoy what I’m doing but, in the end, I’m just doing it for myself. In 15 minutes I am wearing: A raincoat. In 15 years I am wearing: A nicer raincoat...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Scoped! Style Edition | 10/26/2005 | See Source »

...films Bonnie and Clyde (whose script was originally offered to Godard) and The Graduate (with its jazzy ransacking of the European film lexicon), and soon American directors had the auteur status that had been the exclusive province of foreigners. Then U.S. films got gamier, porno went legit, and the raincoat brigade didn't have to take its sex in Swedish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: FELLINI GO HOME! | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...plaid jumpers and leggings, but the head scarf called a hijab is optional; the boys wear navy dress pants and light blue shirts. Older girls must wear the hijab (light blue for middle schoolers, gray or white for high schoolers) and a calf-length navy top that resembles a raincoat. Wearing the hijab full-time is a big commitment, so some girls take it off as soon as they leave the building. Freshman Sarah Martini says, "I'm not ready to wear it yet. It has to come from the heart." Girls are separated from boys from sixth grade through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Model School, Islamic Style | 6/11/2005 | See Source »

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