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...definitely had an eyelift and a collagen injection. But this isn’t an infomercial about age-defying cream, but about the Shark Steam Blaster, which can “blast your house clean with the power of steam.” This amazing machine now saves Karen Cower the trouble of scrubbing tile grout with a toothbrush and eliminates baby smells in Deanna Waterworth’s house. No more scrubbing or spraying; just watch as the Shark Steam Blaster liquefies grease and cuts through grime...
...fools to maintain illusions of courting their friendship. We have no leverage over sick fanatics who blow themselves up to win salvation from whatever demons they mistake for gods. They do not respond to incentives, they do not fear death, and they will not stop hating us until we cower away in ignominious isolationism...
...worst thing you can do when a bully wants your lunch money is give it to him. If you turn over your nickels and dimes, he’ll come back the next day more brazen than ever. But stand up to him and he’ll cower away, leaving you to eat your lunch in peace...
McCain's remarks on gaydar unwittingly show the fallacy of his support for the current policy. If everyone on his submarine knew back then who was and who wasn't gay and still got along, why should gays have to cower in the closet today? Something about the word open rattles the Army. What is the thinking when the military says that asking and telling will hurt morale? That unless everyone stays in denial, no one will take a shower? One thing that we know hurts morale is forcing people to dissemble about who waits for them at home, whom...
...answers, we need only turn to any of the exhibition's 17 striking canvases, where tiny scholars and fishing boats cower under misty, mountains. In Yellow Cliffs, three Benday dot cliff faces drop steeply from the painting's upper left corner. At the bottom, Lichtenstein's fluid, black contour describes an undulating boulder. This black outline, originally taken from comic books, contains a small patch of red parallel lines, which were used to denote shading in the half-tone prints of newspapers and magazines...