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In your article "New but Not Necessarily Improved" [ESSAY, July 22], you assert that "ballpoint pens are better than fountain pens, and cheaper too." Do you not realize that a man is his handwriting, and his handwriting is his pen? The fountain pen is beaux arts, bold strokes, bound leather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 19, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

The helmet is only the latest sartorial gaffe foisted on the fighting man. Last year the Army admitted that its cotton-nylon fatigues, introduced in 1980, tore easily and were unbearably hot in warm climates, and the Pentagon canceled a new combat boot that tended to fall apart. Said one...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Notes: Nov 4, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

Boyer is a lot more easygoing. He knows his scyes (armholes) and his besom (stitched folds) pockets, but he cares little for dogma. He does not fuss about which collar style may be appropriate to a man's face (most, he suggests, are good for all). He provides some lustrous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: A Scye Is Just a Scye | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

The above scene will, in all likelihood, not appear in next week's episode of Dallas. Bel Geddes this fall reclaimed the role she originated (Reed replaced her last season when Bel Geddes withdrew for health reasons), and even TV soap operas generally observe a basic law of physics: two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: New Twists on Old Favorites | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

James Baker, who replaced Regan as Treasury Secretary in January, is not as devoted to freely floating exchange rates as his predecessor. The Administration took a step away from that system in September, when officials met with representatives of Britain, France, Japan and West Germany at New York City's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fix It Before It's Broke | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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