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...common property of all Americans, the climax of their stock of public symbols. But in the art world, it became Johns' own sign. Other artists would use the Stars and Stripes in a spirit of provocation. Not Johns; his flags had a beautiful and troubling muteness. They were cooler than the culture wanted them to be, in the midst of the cold...
They are the yin and yang of the television-awards shows. One is youth and exuberance, the other experience and skill. One is New York cooler-than-thou, the other Los Angeles flamboyance. One flies by the seat of its pants; the other parades like a marching band. They are the mtv video awards and the Emmys. For those who missed the telecasts (very hard to do in the case of MTV, which never saw a repeat it didn't like), here are some highlights...
There are, for example, the character Paul Theroux's comic misadventures with women. Visiting a leper colony in Malawi, he meets a nurse who is not a nun but who dresses in a nun's habit. "This stuff's cooler," she says, when he asks her why. "I mean, I'm naked underneath." Their attempt at a tryst--she has a room in the nuns' quarters--is not a success...
...tank). All three eliminated astronauts (although people, as pilots or passengers, could be added later). Lockheed, however, pushed the envelope the furthest. Much like the experimental aircraft of the 1970s, the entire surface of the stubby, wingless craft is used to create lift, saving fuel and permitting a slower, cooler descent. This in turn enables Lockheed to replace the present shuttle's pesky ceramic tiles with a reusable metallic sheath...
Which is fine--if we could all agree that it's only a game, with near-zero relevance to anything that matters, like family or work or love. Most women hoping to score on the beach can forget about seaweed wraps and treadmill binges: better to fill the cooler with classy microbrews and have your resume tattooed to your upper body. The hardball swimsuit competition can be left to the young and the buff, or a body double if you can afford...