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...just can't get outside with all the wind and cold temperatures," Grant said, taking off his cap and dabbing his brow with a handkerchief...

Author: By Christopher C. Pappas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cantabrigians Bask in the Spring Sunshine | 3/24/1999 | See Source »

...hand, my colleague's view of Sinatra as scourge of baby boomers--the anti-Judy Collins, if you will--is a crude caricature of a complex artist, as reductive as any neo-swinger's fetishistic prattling about the man's way with a pocket handkerchief. On the other hand, it is a caricature I too used to believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANK SINATRA: The Singer | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

...emotionally draining movement, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and its conductor alike seemed to rejoice in the relaxed, waltz-like pace of the gargantuan Scherzo. The introduction of bells and intricate spiccato/pizzicato sections augmented the diversity of texture in the third movement, whose screaming finale prompted Gatti to take a handkerchief from his packet and wipe his cheek before proceeding into the final two movements of Mahler's fifth symphony...

Author: By Andrea H. Kurtz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Devil Inside Mr. Gatti: How to Make an Audience Faint | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

...shocked this morning on the train to see the man sitting across from me having a beer at 9:30 a.m. to accompany the morning paper. Last week, I was surprised to see two grandmothers going home after a summer festival sipping cans of beer wrapped in dainty Japanese handkerchief. There are even beer vending machines on every street corner...

Author: By Amy M. Rabinowitz, | Title: Japan's Surprises and Wonders | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

...Mountain," in Persia 900 years ago--mastered the basic law of terror: that even the smallest threat can ripple out to touch those a thousand miles away. Iago gave us the evidence: plant uncertainty in a shaky mind, and suspicion spreads like blood across a handkerchief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOST MAGIC | 8/5/1996 | See Source »

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