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...carriage. Its upholstery, its projecting headrests and Podro's clothes are rendered in broad swipes of the brush and suggest an unease that is close to violence. The man is on the very edge of his seat, his arm cocked at a peculiar rhetorical angle, his hand on his thigh. We have seen this pose before. It is that of Rembrandt's Polish Rider: the mysterious young man setting out through the dark landscape on a bony horse. And indeed, the head of that horse materializes in the seat of the carriage. Through the train window, we see a landscape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORY'S BAD DREAMS | 3/6/1995 | See Source »

...look up Soldier Field. My old Analytic Geometry textbook, still flecked with insulation from the attic, has been sitting on my thigh like a lump of ice. By combining some formulas from it with the encyclopedia's stats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GREAT SIMOLEON CAPER | 3/1/1995 | See Source »

...know...the Touch Game. Hello, I want you, and I will not-so-subtly indicate my intentions by putting my hand on your arm, leg, shoulder, thigh, etc. while we talk, and I will leave it there just a little tooooo long. Everyone is aware of the principle of collegiate physical interaction, whereby libido disguises itself as "friendly affection." Admit it-there's a subtext to every "innocent goodnight hug." Play the Touch Game with abandon in this case; thoroughly invade the personal space of your target...

Author: By Jeremy D. Fiebert, | Title: Le Big Mack | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

Littlefield, a janitor at Harvard Medical School, had found what were later identified as a human thigh, pelvis and shin. His suspicious now confirmed, he hurriedly summoned the police. Officers responded quickly and found an even greater variety of human remains...

Author: By Amar K. Goel, | Title: Webster Murder Was the 19th Century's O.J. Simpson Case | 12/3/1994 | See Source »

...been an equal-opportunity employer. Where would Barbara Stanwyck and the other ladies of the noir have been if their only subtext had been female victimization? Every once in a while a girl has to stop brooding over gender injustice, start thinking about sexual revenge, and slip into her thigh-highs and stiletto heels to lure a few dopes to destruction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Wretch on a Sexual Rampage | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

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