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Fisher at first told the jury that Adan had been stabbed-in an "accident"-with a knife that Adan had brought outside. But on the stand Abbott conceded that the lethal knife was his; indeed, he showed the jury how he had concealed it in the waistband of his jeans. He still insisted that he thought he saw Adan pull a knife and lunged self-protectively-but added that as Adan staggered backward after the stabbing, "that's when I saw there was nothing in his hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He Was Dead: Jack Henry Abbott On Trial For Murdering Richard Adan | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

...Royal School of Needlework and used for the bodice. For borrowed, the bride wore a diamond tiara from the Spencer family collection, clasping her silk tulle veil, and a pair of diamond-drop earrings lent by her mother Frances Shand Kydd. Blue was a bow sewn into the waistband. For luck, there was a tiny 18-karat gold horseshoe tucked away in the voluminous skirts. The anxious Emanuels were stationed just inside the entrance of St. Paul's to give the bride the final once-over before she took the 3½-minute trip down the aisle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: WHY EVER NOT?: The Royal Wedding | 8/10/1981 | See Source »

...looks, Nevelson's style may be described as collage driven relentlesrelentlessly to excess, a cross between Catherine the Great and a bag lady: pailady: paisley scarves, blue work shirt, full-length chinchilla, OrientaOriental brocade, embroidered waistband, flounces, a rattling boar-tusk necklace and a black riding cap. (When Nevelson was picked as one of the twelve Best-Dressed Women by Publicist Eleanor Lambert in 1977, few of her acquaintances were surprised: there was, as one friend remarked, nowhere else to put her and no known way to ignore her.) "Personally, I'm dramatic, it seems," she told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sculpture's Queen Bee | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

Next Kim climbed the stairs to his own office, stuck a pistol in his waistband and returned to the dining room. He listened silently while Cha lambasted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH KOREA: Assassination in Seoul | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...This is a security man," said Melling. "Give him your guns and grenades and let's finish this." Their hands were trembling; Melling reached out and disarmed the pair. As they were led away, he remembered that Mohammed had kept a second gun in the back of his waistband. Melling called the group back and retrieved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: I Knew That You'd Make It' Aboard Cyprus Airways Flight 007 to Djibouti and back | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

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