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...more subtle symphony in ochre and umber is created by the window of Brown's Custom Shop in Kingsport, Tennessee, photographed in 1985. The wall is brown, the rolls of linoleum on display are lime, orange and teak. But Eggleston's aesthetic also has a puritan streak that goes beyond the garish and distressed to encompass blank white walls and dry grasses...
Chuka, the Nigerian striker, dashes up to the opposing goalkeeper, neatly wrongfoots him, and unleashes a scorching shot, nearly ripping a hole in the back of the net. It's his third goal in 10 minutes?a rapid-fire hat trick. He slips off his lime-green shirt and runs, roaring, to strike a pose in front of his countrymen. Carefully, almost reverently, he places the shirt on the turf like an offering to the faithful. His fans bang bongos and clank cymbals and bellow right back. But hold on?aren't Nigeria's Super Eagles out of the World...
...Ph.D. in chemistry and is also trained as an artist—points out the layered colors of the paint speck. It turns out that the solid blue is actually many layers of different blues, with a white layer on top—a layer that he guesses is lime from the concrete that the flood water ran through...
...lush banks of the pea green Loboc River, Nuts Huts Resort presides over sweeping views of the surrounding hills. It is run by two charming Belgians, Rita and Chris, who seem to know what weary souls want: great fusion cooking (Rita's lime-laced chicken dish, pollo kalamansi, is a favorite), well-chosen music and the option to do nothing at all in several different locations?a shady terrace, a well-stocked music library or a herb-infused sauna...
...flask bottles of potent palm toddy?the sap that is collected in the afternoon, after fermenting all day in the sun. Unrefined, it is a refreshing, effervescent and tangy beer. Distilled, it makes an earthy moonshine that mixes well with a shot of soda and a squeeze of lime...