Word: airings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...years ago, Eliza, who smokes and swears and says it like she feels it, might have seemed like a breath of fresh, frank air, a maternal version of Carrie Bradshaw. But in 2009, as she pants out her lines and flaps about frenetically - like Courteney Cox in Cougar Town, Thurman approaches portraying a 40-something as if she's auditioning for the part of a winded windmill - she just seems clueless. Or like a woman who didn't consider her choices carefully enough, locked herself in a prison of her own device and is now snarling like a caged tiger...
Despite persistent urban legends, Sales never did blue material for the kids - though his staff did play a prank in which a topless balloon artiste danced to "The Stripper" while the on-set monitor indicated that the career-ending nudity was live on the air. (It wasn't.) He did make trouble for himself on New Year's Day 1965, when, annoyed by having to work on a holiday, he impishly instructed kids to tiptoe into their parents' bedroom, take out "green pieces of paper with pictures of guys with beards" and send them to his New York station...
...influence participants' behavior by exposing them to "cleanliness" in the form of a common cleaning agent's odor - in this case, citrus-scented Windex. It turned out that people who sat in a room spritzed with Windex were more likely to act fairly and charitably than those sniffing unscented air...
...Ezra Koenig, Vampire Weekend’s “African music”-mimicking lead singer, to surprisingly enjoyable effect. His verse feels forced, as does his delivery, but the melody is like a warm beam of sunshine, elucidating Radioclit’s sparkling guitar jabs and open-air percussion, especially evident in their extensive use of cowbell...
...book, Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks about how jewelry became her signature diplomatic tool. From turtles to doves to hot-air balloons, she used her vast collection of costume brooches to send specific messages to everyone from Saddam Hussein to Nelson Mandela. (See TIME's 10 Questions with Madeleine Albright...