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...only dresses in drag when he goes to Rocky Horror, which he has been doing since he attended his first show in 1994, at age 18. At that point, he came dressed in a trench coat as “The Crow,” a comic book superhero. A few months later, he decided to make his drag debut...
...checkpoints at every corner. A boy of about 11 pointed an automatic rifle at my chest, safety off, and asked for identification, which he couldn't read. After considerable vacillation, the military leadership declared its neutrality. The Ayatullah went on radio to announce, "The dictatorship has abandoned its last trench...
...Nicely done, he admitted, though he seemed unsure just why they had done it. As journalists clambered through Iraqi bunkers and locals helped themselves to the more useful bits of the trench reinforcements, Mam Rostam headed back to headquarters. So did I, where I found him again, still ebullient, chain smoking and complaining of a sore throat, but happy to talk. The withdrawal, the Kurdish commander said, was likely to set off a panic when the next Iraqi line suddenly sees 3,000 of their own put it in reverse. They'll keep retreating, he predicted...
...patterns on skin-tight dresses. But the look worked better in Paris, where the checkerboard pattern on McQueen's suits showed off the well-cut tailoring on which he's made his name. Military How many ways can designers approach officer chic? Plenty. At Gucci in Milan, the military trench coat was sexy - with a high collar, corseted waist and satin finish. In Paris, Branquinho's belted wool coat with cape-like sleeves was more subtle, but equally strong - so call that one a draw. Final score: Paris 2, Milan 1, and one tie. Milan demands a rematch...
...terrorism. No wonder many Basques feel caught between unacceptable terrorism and unacceptable repression. "We're at a great impasse," says Gorka Landáburu, a journalist who lost an eye, a thumb and three fingertips to an ETA letterbomb in May 2001. "It has become trench warfare of reprimands and insults." Nowhere is the desperation more palpable than in Andoain, a town on the Leitzaran River south of San Sebastián. Here Egunkaria ran its main office, now sealed after Spanish police impounded documents and computers last month. Less than two weeks before, municipal police chief and vocal...