Word: brush
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...labored hand drawing never reached. Then there was the pouring, the overlay, one color bleeding into another, producing marbled effects, mists, separations, spots and speckles, each with its element of chance, but all controlled by the prepared mind that chance favors. And the retouching and linkages, done with a brush. "Glory be to God for dappled things!" the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins once exclaimed, and that's what crosses one's mind in front of such works as One, 1950, or Lavender Mist: Number...
Gillette wants to jazz up your daily routine with its new $5 Oral-B CrossAction, the most expensive mass-market toothbrush ever sold. Gillette claims the brush removes 25% more plaque than its leading competitor with angled bristles that penetrate deeper between teeth and a PowerTip to reach back teeth. The thick, rubberized handle may be easier to hold, but it's too wide for most toothbrush holders. Due out in early...
Springsteen wasn't the course's only brush with fame. Coles--who sprinkles his lectures with anecdotes from his friendships with novelists such as Williams--was an early mentor of actor Matt Damon...
...roommates fluff their hair and brush their cheeks, Linda J. Moon '99 looks on from her bedroom door...
...novel revolve around the expected birth of a foal from an aging horse; the distance of the town from its surroundings emphasizes the difficulty that both Ruby and her husband each have in trying to leave and escape the problems in their lives and their relationship; and the seasonal brush fire that burns near the town for much of the novel, leaving a hillside scorched and bare, parallels the destructive progress of Ruby's emotional journey and her difficult opportunities for renewal...