Word: dyes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though it was always a little hard to pin down, hip was a notion roomy enough to describe flower children in tie-dye as well as bikers in black leather, the impeccable cool of John Coltrane's sax as well as the jerky forward thrust of Abbie Hoffman. All of it was admissible on the principle that it represented a heartfelt rejection of the mainstream. The mainstream was understood to be all-powerful and wrong about everything: politics, art, religion, sex, drugs and music. It was deaf to the beat, blind to the truth and dressed by Penney...
...There, a dye pack protecting the money exploded, emitting red dye and tear gas. Banks place dye packs in bundles of money to help stave off robberv. Pasquarello said. When the packs are removed form the bank, they burst...
...slave ships out of New York harbor, with the connivance of Boss Tweed's ring, and had also profitably supplied Union troops during the Civil War with substandard goods -- "boots that fell apart, blankets that dissolved in rain, tents that tore at the grommets, and uniform cloth that bled dye...
...What you gonna play now..."I do NOT know, but whatever it is, it's got to be funky" make it funky make it funky make it funky with the organs and the keys and th'BOOTsy. Some DYE-no-MITE three-piece (PEACE my brother, my mother, my man, my son myfunkyfreshfreak) checkered suits vest and all. Tell me Sly, bout somebody you just love to burn: you see it's in the blood. Acid laced and pinch-nez wah wahs, and then bye-bye to Tricky Dick and hello political, no Chuck D, but in yo' face, undermining...
...result: paint without carcinogenic volatile organic compounds; carpeting that is dye-free, glue-free and 100% wool, with padding made from jute and animal hair; subfloors made from Homasote, a recycled-newspaper product, instead of formaldehyde-laden plywood; floor tiles fabricated from crushed light bulbs; a CFC-free insulation made from common minerals; and a reception desk built of maple and of mahogany that was harvested in a manner that does not destroy rain forests...