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...picture Self-Portrait as a Fountain. And Wegman started making deadpan videos of himself spraying an entire can of deodorant into his armpit. When his new Weimaraner got into the act, Wegman recognized that it was enough to tape the puppy doing something as simple as trying to extract a biscuit from a glass bottle. As a comic deflation of the doggedness of human endeavor, Man Ray's tireless noodling with his bottle ranks as a bit of theater that Samuel Beckett might have enjoyed...
STUDENTS with questions about an exam would be out of luck, but they generally are anyway. The average proctor is unable to help and tends to regard any question as an unfair attempt to extract information...
...avoid this distinction, the team must win four of its next 15 games. A reasonable goal, but first the Crimson must extract itself from the quicksand that is its 11-game losing streak...
Gourmet magazine's sugar-cookie recipe. In its July issue, the magazine mistakenly substituted oil of wintergreen, which in substantial doses can cause nausea and vomiting, for nontoxic wintergreen extract. Gourmet hastily mailed a warning notice and correction to subscribers; no casualties were reported...
...better for the heart. Researchers at the University of Chicago reported in April that rats experienced a 12% to 14% drop in systolic blood pressure and a substantial reduction in cholesterol levels after four weeks on a celery diet. The rodents were injected with a tiny amount of celery extract a day; a 150-lb. human would have to gobble four large stalks for the same proportionate intake. Stalks, however, unlike extract, contain lots of undesirable salt. The cardio-friendly ingredient in celery is a compound called phthalide that may also exert a mild sedative effect on humans...