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Kyaw Lin, 11, is so tiny that the barrel of his M-16 rifle is sawed in half so he can carry it. It is still almost as long as he is. He has a florid tattoo on his right arm -- a premature badge of manhood that also serves as an animist charm to ward off evil. Sometimes Kyaw Lin is shaky and feverish because, like most of his comrades, he suffers from bouts of malaria. Nobody is there to wipe his brow or take his temperature; he just lies in his bunker until the fever subsides...
...shares his carbine with two others, does not have a uniform or even a helmet to show he is a soldier. As if to compensate, he proudly wears mottled blue-black swirls on his arms and chest -- make-believe tattoos. His commander drew them with charcoal because no one in camp can wield tattoo needles properly. Other kids tease him about trying to act like a grownup and joke that he even has a girlfriend. But Khi Ha Won shakes his head with shy dignity. "Oh, no, impossible." He knows he is too young for that...
...Janet and Paula are more similar to each other than I am," she says. "They both are much more accomplished dancers than I am. They are more commercially successful than I am. I'm innovative, sort of the renegade of the bunch. I have shorter hair. I have a tattoo...
Lively body skimmers now come in a limitless variety. Tigers and leopards have lent their spots, the venerable house of Hermes has adapted one of its signature rope prints, and designer Betsey Johnson, always on the lookout for a laugh, has fashioned a lifelike tattoo pattern. "The '60s were an inspirational bounce-off point," she notes, "short, modern, carefree, futuristic...
...threaten to poison the relationship over the coming months. During the election campaign that ended with balloting on Feb. 18, Washington muted its complaints about Japanese economic practices. Within hours after the scandal-shaken L.D.P. won a healthy victory, taking 275 out of 512 lower-house seats, the steady tattoo began again. "Kaifu is determined to deal with these problems," says a Tokyo bureaucrat. "They are on the top of his agenda...