Word: tunics
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...Nash? Is that played out?Meanwhile, ABC News has been vehemently derided for its recent debate, which was labeled ‘irrelevant’ by many and whose host, Charlie Gibson, was pilloried as a gossipmonger. One exemplary moment featured Nash McCabe, a Pennsylvania everywoman in a bizarre tunic who asked Sen. Obama if he “believes in the American flag.” If so, why won’t he wear a tiny tin replica of it on his lapel? But the attention this debate received should point the way going forward: why not have...
...Balenciaga, Alber Elbaz of Lanvin and Narciso Rodriguez are trading in last season's brights for severe black cocktail dresses and structured suits. At Yves Saint Laurent, designer Stefano Pilati dressed his models in black bowl-cut wigs and black lipstick to give his simply spliced jackets and tunic dresses a somber, graphic edge. Even Christian Lacroix, famous for his flamboyant use of color, opened his fall show with a parade of models in all black...
...Mehsud is an affable jokester who wears a camouflage vest over his traditional tunic and trousers, according to Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan, Pakistan bureau chief for al-Jazeera. Zaidan interviewed Mehsud just days after he was chosen by several diverse militant groups in December to lead the new Tehrik-i-Taliban movement. The interview, which will air Friday, is a first for the commander who seems to take his PR cues from the notoriously camera-shy Mullah Omar. Mehsud was surprisingly plump, says Zaidan, but his soft, stout figure and easy camaraderie belie a powerful charisma and laser-like focus. Zaidan...
...items based on indigenous art from the Americas, as well as the art of Japan, China and Ancient Egypt. Prices go from $15 for a silver-effect Peruvian bird pin - modeled on a motif found on a pre-Columbian tunic from Peru's central coast - to $2,500 for a one-of-a-kind Native American sterling silver and green turquoise necklace featuring a pendant called a naja, the Navajo word for crescent. www.brooklynmuseum.org...
...fact, as he takes the podium in his spotless white tunic and trousers, a vertical line of red dye on his forehead, Swamiji is the picture of unbowed vigor, with a voice that crescendos to full boom when he's making a particularly insistent point. "You are the architect of your fortune. You are the architect of your misfortune," he thunders. His topic, "Managing Stress Through Self-Management," seems perfectly pitched to this crowd of overtaxed self-starters. "There's nothing but stress--personal, work, health-related," admits Steven Silverman, 51, president of Kurt Versen lighting, by way of explaining...