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...most faithful of renditions: the Muppets do gloss over some of the song's racier lyrics. "Mama, just killed a man/ Put a gun against his head/ Pulled my trigger/ Now he's dead" becomes a monosyllabic riff ("Mama! ... Mama?") by the drummer Animal. But these are kids' show characters, after all, and by the time Miss Piggy finishes the song with an epic solo delivered atop a piano, the few omissions seem like a trifling complaint. (See pictures of Sesame Street's 40-year cavalcade of stars...
...account of Bill Millin, bagpiper for the 1st Special Service Brigade of the British Army, who had to march out of the surf onto Sword Beach under rifle and mortar fire playing "Highland Laddie." And Beevor focuses on things other writers have neglected. For example, he doesn't gloss over the hideous costs paid by French civilians. The Allies, before liberating them, bombed them relentlessly in an attempt to paralyze the German army. Three thousand French civilians died during the first 24 hours of D-day. That's twice the number of American soldiers who died...
...backlash against newly arrived Mexican immigrants, some of whom brought the drug with them. Also in 1937, the Federal Government passed the Marihuana Tax Act, which made nonmedical use of marijuana illegal. Only the birdseed industry, which argued that hemp seeds gave birds' feathers a particularly shiny gloss, was exempted, and to this day birdseed producers are allowed to use imported hemp seeds treated so they don't sprout...
...disclosure: If someone speaks highly about a product on Twitter, don't followers have a right to know if that messenger is a compensated mouthpiece? Murphy insists that all tweets brokered through his site carry some form of disclosure, but it's all too easy for a reader to gloss over the "sponsored" tag at the end of the message or not entirely comprehend what it signifies...
...showed up: Indiscreetly. High gloss and high drama took center stage. At Dolce & Gabbana and Louis Vuitton, exaggerated sleeves and dazzling colors came together for maximum impact. At Balenciaga and Ralph Lauren, soft fabrics and shimmery pastels spelled (slightly wild) romance...