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...CLAIM: A missile or smaller plane--not Flight 77--struck the Pentagon because the size of two holes (in Ring C and Ring E) were too small to have been made by a 757, which has a wingspan of nearly...
...FACTS: Witnesses saw the 757 hit the Pentagon. The plane lost its wings when one hit the ground and the other slammed into the building's west wall before the Boeing's fuselage tore a 75-ft. hole in the outermost Ring E. The jet's landing gear caused the 12-ft. hole in inner Ring C. But to question Flight 77's demise is to question the fate of the 64 people onboard; the remains of all but one have been identified...
WHEN A MYSTERIOUS and beautiful newcomer took her seat at the Valentino show in Paris in March sporting a 20-carat diamond ring on one hand and a 200-carat emerald on the other, her appearance sent a frisson of intrigue through the front-row crowd. Was she a couture client slumming it at the ready-to-wear shows...
This page, clockwise from far left: Bulgari yellow gold cabochon ring bulgari.com) Di Modolo Favola yellow gold and onyx ring dimodolo.com) Tiffany & Co. Frank Gehry Torque yellow gold ring (Tiffany & Co., 800-526-0649); David Yurman Albion black onyx and diamond ring davidyurman.com) Cartier Panther yellow gold and black lacquer ring cartier.com) Opposite page, clockwise from top left: Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière leather hard-case wristlet (Barneys New York, 212-826-8900); Valentino satin-embellished sandals (Valentino, 800-997-0140); La D de Dior gold watch with sun-brushed dial, crocodile strap and diamond bezel dior.com
...Within minutes of the phone call, Atrianfar's mobile began to ring incessantly. Busy with a television crew clearing out of his office, he handed it to me to answer, but asked me not to confirm the closure yet. I recognized the voice of the first caller, a distraught reformist and former official who was clearly careening down a highway. "Can we tell Saeed Laylaz?" I asked Atrianfar. He nodded. Laylaz is a contributor to Shargh and a member of the reformist inner clique, who is always the first to hear about everything. At such moments, reformists give up their...