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...without getting caught. Loves to lie - oh, she's so good at that, and kind of takes pride in it, you know. Eats bad food. Cuts her hair with a pair of nail scissors every six weeks. Owns one dress. Now she owns, actually, I think a skirt as well, and she's pretty proud of that. She has no clue about makeup or fashion, so she's always watching women, wondering how they figure it out, and she's not above imitating women if they'll give her a little counsel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Mystery Writer Sue Grafton | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...athletes make snap decisions to skirt the rules in high-pressure situations. (Where was the global outcry when Michael Jordan pushed off on Utah's Bryon Russell before sinking the game-winning shot of the 1998 NBA Finals?) In this case, I was mad at Henry, but madder at the refs for missing the infraction, and enraged that soccer does not have some kind of replay rule to correct such obvious, easily reparable errors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey Ireland, Please Drop the World Cup Do-Over | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...self-aggrandizement became both fashionable and fashion, especially for girls, with everything dropping by inches - necklines and waistlines but not hemlines, which climbed upward until a skirt became little more than a strap. Professional athletes flaunted their immodesty, egos on steroids bashing at the plate and dancing in the end zones; where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio, whose name was synonymous with greatness and grace? Developers etched their names into their towers in letters 6 ft. high; financiers built cottages the size of cathedrals. Politicians talked louder but did less, or declared Missions Accomplished that had barely begun. (See sports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Modesty, in an Age of Arrogance | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

Fashion Faux Pas: Let's see. Oversized t-shirt + raggedy skinny tie + cheap leather mini skirt + fishnet stockings...

Author: By June Q. Wu | Title: Recap: "How to Succeed in Bassness" — or, what NOT to do | 10/28/2009 | See Source »

Fashion Faux Pas: Let's see. Oversized t-shirt + raggedy skinny tie + cheap leather mini skirt + fishnet stockings...

Author: By June Q. Wu | Title: Recap: "How to Succeed in Bassness" — or, what NOT to do | 10/27/2009 | See Source »

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