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...there, wearing a Robin Hood costume. The green tights made his legs look even skinnier than usual, and the pointy hat accentuated his big ears. He was surrounded by blockmates. I then spotted Maya D. Simpson ’11. A red polka dot handkerchief covered her head, and her tight blue work shirt was tied off, revealing a swathe of tummy. An inflatable electric drill hung from her belt loop. Maya leaned against the back wall of Daedalus, nonchalantly smoking a cigarette and minding her own business. This should be interesting. Wait, wait, let me guess! I hollered...

Author: By Daniel J. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Emergence of the Dark, Red Undead | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

...CASKET The bow-tied Pavarotti's white maple coffin was lined with the maroon velvet used for the seats in La Scala and other houses. He held a rosary and the trademark white handkerchief he carried to mop his brow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 24, 2007 | 9/13/2007 | See Source »

...Onstage he connected viscerally with audiences. Taking his bows, he spread wide his enormous stevedore arms in a gesture of embrace, often flaunting a trademark white handkerchief that was approximately the size of Rhode Island. As applause cascaded over him, he visibly inhaled it like life-giving oxygen, which it was to him. "I am enthusiastic of the job I do and enthusiastic of life," he once said. "The pleasure of the profession is the human warmth around me, the public out there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

...seemed uncomfortably slavish, bringing her husband breakfast in bed and, according to author Caro, she laid out his clothes, unbuttoned his shirts, put in the collar stays and cuff links, filled his fountain pens and put them in the proper pocket, filled his cigarette lighter and put a handkerchief and money in their pockets. But as Johnson climbed higher, Lady Bird found her world expanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lady Bird Johnson, 1912-2007 | 7/11/2007 | See Source »

...Despite the prison prohibition forbidding for-profit sale of artwork, many of the pieces sold by Ed Mead on his prisonart.org web site come from Texas, many of them panos or "handkerchief" art, a medium favored by Latino prisoners in the Southwest who do intricate ink drawings on squares of ripped sheets and other material. Mead makes copies of the works, scans and posts them on his website, charging a small commission fee if they sell. He says he rejects any art that he considers racist, sexist or homophobic and does not sell pieces by notorious killers. Recently, he refused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking Down on "Murderabilia" | 6/5/2007 | See Source »

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