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...then, like a religious ritual, we see it again: the shining guns, the close-ups of the bolts slamming home like the fist of God, the spewing shells, the crumpling bodies. The film "un-asked" the question of the plot with Zen-like serenity. Arnold simply kills everyone. Everyone...

Author: By Peter D. Sagal, | Title: Cameron's Little Camera of Horrors | 10/17/1986 | See Source »

...this century were Americans--Claire McCardell and Charles James--but, truth be told, there is not a designer on the American scene now who can match Armani's bold finesse, never mind the inventiveness of Issey Miyake, the deluxe grace of Yves Saint Laurent or Karl Lagerfeld, the Zen funkiness of Yohji Yamamoto. The best American design tends to be generic, not designer labeled. It would be hard to find, for instance, a designer who has been influenced by Louis Dell'Olio, but it would be equally impossible to find an Italian leather blouson that is not derived in some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Born and Worn in the U.S.A. | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

...always, Charles scored points for his unstiff reserve, but the irrepressible Diana at one point displayed her own brand of coy diplomacy. Having noticed a Japanese parliament member dozing while her husband addressed the Diet, the Princess later good-naturedly asked if he had been asleep or practicing Zen meditation. The politician smoothly replied that he had closed his eyes the better to listen to the prince's speech. Wry Di thanked him with a knowing chuckle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 26, 1986 | 5/26/1986 | See Source »

TAKAYUKI MORI, 31, has a more cerebral approach to design. His Tokyo show was a presentation in his elegant shop, where the floor is covered in smooth white pebbles and a fountain bubbles up quietly as if from some deep Zen wellspring. Mannequins were hung with virtuoso variations of dresses and skirts cut from polyester satin and jersey, colored pale red, musky gold and worn white, in a pattern transferred directly from photos of rusted iron. "I'm neither anti-Western nor pro-Eastern," Mori explains. "I'm interested in making clothes that bring out the originality of the individual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Showroom At the Top | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

...sailing is like zen, the Harvard-Radcliffe sailing team learned to become masters of that religion this season...

Author: By Eugenia Balodimas, | Title: Harvard-Radcliffe Sailors Enjoy Successful Fall | 12/18/1985 | See Source »

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