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...wife of the lonely couple sat up straight, then bowed over and wept softly into her handkerchief every 15 seconds or so, her earrings shaking silently as she cried. The husband held fast, staring forward blankly. Then he bent over and pressed his mouth into his handkerchief, a look of desperation flashing in his eyes between sobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When a School Learns to Mourn | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

...days ago," he says, holding up the frame in front a camera perched on top of the screen. "When he learned he was finally going to meet you, his heart and mind couldn't handle the excitement." Fighting back tears, his half sister dabs her eyes with a white handkerchief while her nephew's eyes redden after hearing the heart-rending news. For the next two hours, the Byun clan hold up photos to each other, chat about the family tree and promise to work toward unification so they can meet again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Family Reunion Is Via Remote | 3/30/2007 | See Source »

...like Oprah and Gail’s road trip. 3. Sleeping past noon only in the event of actual necessity, i.e., illness or a particularly rainy day or the like. Please give me another chance. I’m really serious about my commitment to the study of the handkerchief in Jane Austen’s novels...

Author: By Sara J. Culver, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: DEAR SARA | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

...Tahari had his own shop on East 53rd Street that catered to the disco crowd, and created two labels called Midnight Lady and Morning Lady. He peddled trends like handkerchief-hem dresses to the club crowd. In 1979, with disco losing its rhythm, he opened a shop on Madison Avenue and began selling suits with a trendy vibe, cashing in on the needs of working women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Tahari on a Tear | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...bush uniform of thick check lumberjack shirts or denim, but it is the young girl's outfit that catches the eye. She is nonchalantly wearing a plunging bra under a tiny knitted opera jacket, and around her hips is a sarong made, it appears, out of a doll's handkerchief. By her accent she is from some Nordic land, but you sense the locals wouldn't welcome an outsider's attempt to chat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spiritual Refreshment | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

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