Word: blazes
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...blaze moved toward Santa Cruz, a nudist camp in its path was evacuated, scores of animals were rescued, including a wildly oinking 600-lb. sow, and lone fire fighters in the hilly terrain made desperate last stands against the flames with garden hoses. Nine helicopters churned overhead, dumping water when necessary and lowering equipment to the fighters below...
...single best work, a painting, hangs at the Samson Projects. Entitled “A Blaze of Glory, Flame Red Double Knit,” it depicts, on a shiny canvas, two women in red, their bodies cropped from mid-thigh to collarbone. The detail is luminous, close to photographic; each wrinkle in the outfits is executed with finesse, while the bodies of the women are mysterious and elegant. It calls into question the status of the faceless females without making the statement on feminine identity and body image too obvious...
That is, until the single best interaction of the night occurs. Two overdressed twenty-something women––if someone dressed in lime green can be called overdressed––stand in front of “A Blaze of Glory.” The artist, a short, blond man, probably 30, walks towards them from his post in the corner...
...TONS Amount of cow manure that caught fire in a feedlot near Lincoln, Neb. The blaze was attributed to heat pent up inside the pile...
...countries, including Australia and New Zealand. A U.S. Customs agent handed over a cd containing the names to New Zealand police and Customs officers in about September last year, says U.S. Customs spokeswoman Jamie Zuieback. In Australia, starting last July, authorities rounded up hundreds of suspects in a blaze of publicity. A police source says one of the targets moved to New Zealand before the raids; Australian police passed on his name to their Kiwi counterparts over four months...