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...hand-sewn apron, lovingly crafted for my mother who hates to cook, is a tidy combination of several realms of domesticity, and as such, it looks kind of funny hanging in my kitchen. This particular apron is made of material with little menorahs on it. My aunt made it for my mother one scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel gift season. I actually wore it recently, at home over Thanksgiving break while assessing the soup potential of the turkey carcass. I could tell that no one else had worn or washed the apron since early September because a pesto stain...

Author: By Rachel E. Dry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Love Me Tender(izer) | 11/29/2001 | See Source »

...flight. The Taliban think the Pakistanis are wimps and bad Muslims for giving in to the Americans. The Afghan ambassador was greeted recently by a Pakistani army brigadier who shrugged apologetically. "I know," the ambassador said witheringly. Your heart bleeds for us, but your lips are sewn shut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Osama Is a Rock Star | 10/12/2001 | See Source »

...flight. The Taliban think the Pakistanis are wimps and bad Muslims for giving in to the Americans. The Afghan ambassador was greeted recently by a Pakistani army brigadier who shrugged apologetically. "I know," the ambassador said witheringly. Your heart bleeds for us, but your lips are sewn shut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Osama Is a Rock Star | 10/11/2001 | See Source »

...idea is to turn up inconsistencies in a terrorist's made-up story (or at least rattle him into a panic) and also expose individuals who may be unknowing accomplices. In 1986, El Al security at London's Heathrow airport discovered a bomb sewn into the suitcase of an unwitting Irish woman after she revealed that she had had a romance with a Jordanian, who had bought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airline Security: Is This What We Really Want? | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

With new commercials touting his liver donation to a relative, plus the 11th-hour endorsement of Moakley’s two brothers,Lynch has sewn up the image of “iron man with a heart.” His campaign is clearly not worried about tomorrow...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lynch Leads in Race for Congress | 9/11/2001 | See Source »

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