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...announced, he was still absorbing the initial outrage that had ensued, from both fashion executives and those suffering from an eating disorder. Dressed in jeans and a blue checkered shirt, Toscani is a big man with a square jaw who doesn't sit still, something of an even more hyper Jack Nicholson. He neither casts off nor takes too seriously the criticisms, including the accusation that the outcry is exactly what he's aiming for. "Sure, you want to get people's attention. This is communication," he says. "But I still can't understand why people are shocked by something...
...lives on a constant basis by the original “terrorists”—a phrase she said the settlers used to describe the Native Americans. This phenomenon began the tradition of historical rewriting by male authors, which she described as an effort to glorify the hyper-masculine settler who supposedly defended his home. In our modern day, Faludi notes the predominance of the cowboy mentality in politics: “We get candidates that fit the climate,” Faludi said. And after Sept. 11, Americans were drawn to an individualistic cowboy President who sought...
...lead the actors through those acts and witness how much they devote to it, it's very painful. Usually we don't go there. I don't intend to go there again. After half a day's shooting we had to stop, it was so exhausting. You're so hyper... emotionally, sexually, everything is so charged...
Preserving Kids' Health RE "Hyper Kids? Check Their Diet" [Sept.24] As the mother of two chemically sensitive children, I am delighted to hear the medical community has finally published conclusive evidence that children are detrimentally affected by preservatives and additives. I also applaud Claudia Wallis' emphasis on promoting a more natural diet. Unfortunately, some children's medications - including pain relievers, cough syrups, antibiotics and antihistamines - contain dyes, flavorings and/or sodium benzoate. Parents are forced to either administer these chemicals to their chemically sensitive children when their immune systems are at their weakest or have them do without. I challenge...
...most impressive sight of awesome excess was in Suzhou, a neighboring, “medium-sized” city of six million people (Suzhou is one of over 60 Chinese cities with more than a million people). On a lake in a hyper-modern downtown district built entirely in the last few years, the city hosts a weekly display of pyrotechnics and choreographed water-technics that puts the Bellagio in Las Vegas to shame...