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...latter-day Saladdin, the Muslim warrior who drove the Crusaders out of Jerusalem. The footage of his walkabout had likewise sought to portray him as the valiant Arab knight. The footage showed Iraqis mobbing Saddam, chanting his praises and bending to kiss his hand. As a pistol in a leather holster dangled from his belt, Saddam pumped his fist in a power salute and wiped away what might have been a tear...
Just four months earlier, he had been hustling from one Philadelphia hair salon to the next, selling pound cake to women while they were being coiffed. Now Reuben Harley was reclining on a black leather couch in the midtown Manhattan recording studio of hip-hop mogul Sean (P. Diddy) Combs. The unlikely pair chatted about business, music and, most importantly, jerseys--the classic models that sports legends like Julius Erving, Nolan Ryan and Jackie Robinson used to wear...
...even going to mention the sweat. Wasserstein’s socks didn’t match, and I think his collared shirt was child-sized. Also, I don’t think most people play tennis in khaki shorts held up by a leather belt. Kenyon’s outfit was actually pretty sharp but, well....he still looked like Kenyon, you know...
...love for period dramas. “We hang out a lot—almost everyday,” Keel says. They point to a wall above their fireplace mantle, which features a collection of sacred Catholic images juxtaposed with an image of pop singer Madonna in a leather dominatrix ensemble, from the cover of her “Justify My Love” video. The wall embodies the essence of their relationship—one in which personal connections and similarities enable political differences to coexist...
...backseat of president John F. Kennedy's limousine was a leather pit of horror, flecked with bits of flesh and a crust of drying blood that a grim young Secret Service agent was trying to wipe up with a sponge. He seemed hesitant, cowed by the task. On the front seat of the Lincoln lay the crushed red roses that Jackie Kennedy had been carrying. It was a certain and brutal end to a great national drama, but none of the people milling around on the driveway of Parkland Hospital that day wanted to allow the curtain to fall...