Two paintings show Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart although Mr. Fischer covered their faces with silk-screen images: a metal pipe for her, a banana for him.

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It was Major General Nathaniel Coles' hat that made the boldest statement: a beaverskin chapeau de bras, with a black silk grosgrain ribbon cockade, gilt-metal eagle pin and 20-inch ostrich feather plume.

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To the end of the string is tied a metal key, and to the key is attached a silk (nonconductive) cord, which the experimenter holds.

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Noble has developed technology that can turn metal into a kind of body armor that, unlike bulky sports outfits of yesteryear, feels like silk.

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