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...times worse in Harvard square. A man sported a T-shirt which next to a depiction of the crucifixion proclaimed "This Blood's for You." At first I thought this linkage of an old Budweiser slogan ("this Bud's for you") and an old patristic doctrine ("transubstantiation") was a garish parody of an evangelical fervor and the tendency of doctrine to be lost in the effusiveness of missionary spirit. Alas, it was no parody...
Despite the company's efforts to mend its product's reputation, serious academics still seem to turn up their noses at the thought of McPlots sandwiched between garish black-and-yellow covers...
...fascination for him.Somewhere along the way, however, Stephane dropsout of the camp of Camille-worshippers (we don'tknow what triggers his nonchalance; his reserveddemeanor suggests somehow that it was there tobegin with and that he was just going along witheveryone else) and this infuriates her and leadsher to smear garish cosmetics on her face, quaff awhole bottle of gin, and make a humiliating scene.Everyone else gets irritated with his stoicism aswell, and Maxim is put in the ludicrous positionof having to punch his rival for not sleeping withhis lover. The most significant subplot involvesthe physical decline of one of Camille...
...insidiously taking hold of one's brain, forces the hapless viewer to imitate of all the behavior depicted thereon, we may deduce from the Senator's wardrobe that it has been a long time since he watched. The idea that a man who is known more for his garish bow ties and his grotesquely proportioned earlobes may well decide what can and cannot be beamed into American households is just as frightening as America's violence problem...
...visit Tehran today, in fact, is to marvel at the changes in approach. Gone, for the most part, are the garish caricatures of "Great Satan" America that used to adorn the walls of public places. Where commercial advertising has not replaced them, they have been whitewashed and painted over. Courting couples may sit and talk -- though without holding hands -- in several new gardens and parks...