Word: jarringly
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...grounds of the Ministry of Women's Affairs. Applicants thronged the gates, and soon the first class of 24 women - some hadn't left their homes in months - were learning the finer points of highlighting, manicuring and waxing. For supplies, Rodriguez called the U.S. toll-free number on a jar of Paul Mitchell styling gel, got through to owner John Paul DeJoria, and before long a truckload of shampoos, gels, sprays and other essentials turned up at her door. Estée Lauder and Vogue sent more help, and hairdressers from around the world showed up to volunteer their services...
...Benjamin Moseley, 20 and Russell DeBusk, 20, all white, were drunk and out to use their car headlights to stun and then shoot deer. When that turned into an inebriated fiasco, said DeBusk, "We agreed to break into a church and one of our number decided to light a jar of plastic flowers." Things got out of hand after that...
...slaver, the guy's genitals turn to goo and he gets a stick in the eye - the wooden stalk McGowan's been hobbling on since the amputation. Later the leg is fitted with a machine gun, so she can put her dancing moves to fatal use. Oh, and the jar of severed testicles...
...Botox injections last year? The antiaging mantra has spread beyond face creams. Revlon makes a line of "age-defying makeup," and Crest makes "Rejuvenating Effects" toothpaste. Even winemaker Robert Mondavi has jumped into the beauty pool with a luxury antiaging skin-care line, Davi ($175 for a 2-oz. jar), packed with grape-seed extract, an antioxidant...
...older women over, Dove puts a positive spin on the unhappy moment when a woman buys her first jar of antiwrinkle cream. "The concept is linguistically brilliant," says Cheryl Swanson, a managing partner at Toniq, a brand-strategy firm in New York City. "Skin care has typically been about fighting back--age defying. It's been almost warrior-like. Take a stance against this natural thing that's happening to you. This is different." The strategy tells women, implicitly, that they can look better without trying too hard...