Word: metros
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...beaches. As eagle-eyed reporters have made quite clear, the prevailing trend among sun-loving women these days is to use both pieces of their bikini. Le Monokini, C'est Fini! , shouted Le Parisien in its report from a Mediterranean beach. "Nude Breasts Are Less Trendy" concurred free daily Metro France. "The practice has become common, and therefore less compelling as a fashion," says sociologist Jean-Claude Kaufmann. "When the local baker takes off her top despite her 60-year age and sagging breasts, the gesture loses its social distinction as one of youthful beauty." Some note that the return...
...when I spent most of the year within the same half-mile radius. Besides, being immobile in Los Angeles didn't bother me. I was used to it. I'm one of the few people over 14 and under 65 who's actually set foot on the "subway," a Metro-run underground train that is approximately one-twentieth the length of any other metropolitan rail system in America. Starting at age 16, I worked three summers in L.A. without a license, which meant daily hour-and-a-half-long commutes (and that's just one-way). On subsequent visits home...
...pictures of the D.C. metro crash on LIFE.com...
...here I sit, mulling over my time in our nation’s capital. Thus far, D.C. has seen the worst Metro disaster in its history, the King of Pop has died (obligatory M.J. reference, check), and Congress has been having oh so much fun attempting to tackle climate change and health care reform...
...bemusedly accepting the bizarre hilarity of having your boss sing High School Musical’s “Breaking Free” at you over the phone, the mild discomfort (which upon retelling also morphs into bizarre hilarity) of a rando making kissy faces at you on the Metro escalator as you avoid eye contact, and the mix of other emotions during those moments that make you sure your life is scripted...