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...would have thought that under the hard business exterior of mega-investor Warren Buffett lies the soul of a wannabe rocker? A surreal video making its way around the Net shows Buffett doing his best imitation of Guns N' Roses rocker Axl Rose, complete with waist-length hair, a purple bandanna, a black leather jacket and Axl's signature red plaid kilt from the '80s - all as part of an eye-catching video for Geico, the auto-insurance company owned by Berkshire Hathaway. And Buffett sings too. O.K., he attempts to sing. (See the best Super Bowl commercials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warren Buffett Plays a Guns N' Roses Rock Star | 3/18/2010 | See Source »

...easy to be caught and summarily sent off to service because government-issued documentation must be carried at all times. "They checked my papers at the metro station in Chisty Prudy," says Alexander (who chose not to give his last name) who was drafted to the navy. "I had waist-length hair. The next day, when I was on the phone to my mother, I was shaved bald and trying to explain to her what was happening, I was with dozens of other boys none of them knew where we were going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Dodge the Draft in Russia | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

...defeats the strong and relentless demon Mahisha in a 10-day battle, during which Mahisha transforms from a man to a tiger to a bull. In the fast-paced opening scene, purple, orange, and magenta costumes ran across the stage. Eight dancers with plastered smiles, kajol-lined eyes, and waist-length hair extensions wore the full authentic Bharatnatyam preparations, all of which helped these talented dancers demonstrate their full range. As Chamundeshwari, Prerna Martin ’09 ably performed an exhausting sequences of steps and poses that demonstrated why I need to head to the Mac more often. With...

Author: By Vinita M. Alexander, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Indian Heroine Drama Impresses | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

Whether it is a waist-length corduroy snap-up jacket with a white faux fur-trimmed hood, or a formal mid-calf black down jacket with a real fur-trimmed hood, scarves have thus been rendered unnecessary (or supplemental.) “The fox fur on my evening coat actually serves as a perfect neck-warmer so I don’t need to wear a scarf,” says Elizabeth R. Whitman ’06, “which I guess is sort of useful...

Author: By Meghan M. Dolan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trendsetting | 12/2/2004 | See Source »

...surplice. The other's ruff is scribbled in white paint, and his eye is made to shine with a pure black highlight. This picture rested on an altar, and when the priest said mass, he would be on the same level - and almost in the same space - as the waist-length donor figures at the foot of the cross. El Greco's portraits are simply presented: a pale central figure looks straight out from darkness. Jerónimo de Cevallos (ca. 1610) has an immense, casually sketched-in white ruff and sable-hued clothes. There's a possibility that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Becoming El Greco | 2/9/2004 | See Source »

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