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...Latex and sex aside, the girls are firm believers in the re-allocation of wealth. Each Wednesday evening they rummage through trashcans in Beacon Hill, searching for discarded treasures. It doesnt bother us that people gawk from their mansions. It only fuels our entertainment. Tanenhaus is most proud of the fully functional, gold-framed oil painting of beagles replete with an overhead light. The pair plans to have it appraised on The Antiques Roadshow. Among other finds are a leather suitcase with wheels, clothing, and photos of a naked Middle-eastern man and his son (these photos now hang...
...thesis writer with a deadline immediately after spring break (most likely, as you read this, I am dashing to the math department with draft in hand) I spent vacation in a large and very quiet room perfecting my LaTeX skills. At some point in this wide expanse of unmarked time, it began to seem as if I and my thesis were alone in the world. In between chapters, I hit upon an idea...
...risk of deforestation. To deal with emergencies, the state is expanding a system of airports in remote villages. Viana is promoting a ?forest economy? that profits from the wilderness without destroying it. In one town, for instance, a condom factory is being built that will provide a market for latex collected by local rubber tappers. By capturing more of the value of the rubber trees, Viana hopes to ward off logging...
Behind a surgical mask to filter the odor, police chief Willie Huff tells two officers in latex gloves to use riot shields and ease Big Earl to the floor while the others wrap blankets around him and slide him outside. A tall man, Huff cautiously leads the charge, clutching Earl, hoping not to hurt him and praying not to get sued. He knows mental patients don't belong in small-town jails, but where else can they go? What else...
...talked some more, and she told me she'd named herself after Billy Joel's daughter, which I thought was in bad taste. Then I realized, looking down at the giant latex pudendum jumping around my desk, that I wasn't in a position to comment on matters of taste...