Word: dabbed
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...retired nurse and mother of two grown boys (one of them being this writer) doesn't have a Ph.D. in child psychology, just a memory of her own Ohio childhood picking elderberries in the alley and once - imagine doing this today - playing house inside a cardboard box set smack dab in the middle of the street. "There wasn't so much traffic back then," says Wilcox, "and it seems like every neighborhood had a vacant lot. Vacant lots were important. Plus, our mothers were around during the day, and they knew everyone on the block, so they weren't scared...
...against gravy or would simply rather keep your heart pumping a few extra months, dab some cheddar; or do the same to your breakfast potatoes and sprinkle some bacon bits...
...sobbing at her first solo sunset. "I married at 19 and had always traveled with my husband," she says. "I thought, How am I going to do this by myself?" Today Hannon can handle much rougher stuff. Her tip for dealing with the exotic bouquet of some foreign toilets? Dab menthol lip balm under your nose and journey...
...Lewis sings "Lonely Teardrops," Bello takes on "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)." Because Braugher's character is supposed to be a great vocalist, his singing is mostly overdubbed by professional belter Arnold McCuller. But Paltrow sings her own material with a sweet blandness; her voice is like a dab of grape jelly on white bread. Paltrow's rendition of "Crusin'" isn't going to replace Smokey Robinson's or D'Angelo's versions anytime this century (and we've just begun this century), but she holds your attention...
...a.k.a. Mission: Impossible agent Ethan Hunt. In the film, she is a knock-out international jewel thief, Nyah Hall, with perfectly coifed hair and fabulous clothes. In real life, the toes on her bare feet are unpolished, her hair is pulled back in a simple ponytail, and not a dab of makeup is visible. She is, of course, still stunning in her bareness. It's Hollywood, after all. They rarely hire ugly people around here...