Word: paint
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dividing line among men's magazines used to be whether they printed photographs of naked women. Playboy and Penthouse did; Esquire and GQ didn't. Save for that distinction, they all tended to paint a consistent portrait of Man Triumphant, although the skin books gave more attention to autos, sports and conspicuous consumption, while their rivals emphasized career climbing, pop culture and dressing for success. Just below the surface, to be sure, the whole category hinted of deep male insecurity: along with the assertions of sophistication and self-confidence came heavy doses of instruction on how to look right...
...warriors will paint their faces, and I will take Duke head on," Roemer said...
Israeli officials have followed Washington's directives with unprecedented restraint, knowing that any military move against Baghdad on their part would turn Saddam into a hero of the Arab masses, paint Israel as the aggressor and perhaps force several Arab allies now in the U.S. camp over to Saddam's side, or at least to the sidelines. Following a series of war games held by the general staff in an underground command bunker in the central part of the country, Israel's brass concluded that for now, the consequences of an Iraqi attack on Israel would be less severe than...
Hooten, a College Pro painter, had used the van since May to transport paint and ladders. There was no paint thinner or other combustible materials in the van when it caught fire, he said. Hooten estimated the value of the van and its contents...
...British mysteries generally fit into one of three categories: the puzzle, or whodunit; the psychological study, or whydunit; and the comic jape. Robert Barnard and Reginald Hill have each written deft examples of all three. In their newest and most ambitious works, they adroitly fuse the subgenres together to paint rich, if characteristically jaundiced, social panoramas of decaying industrial towns. Both offer the teasing pleasures of suspense, sly misdirection and a breakneck climax as police seek to avert bloody murder. $ Both feature a gallery of vivid characters. And both take on themes ostensibly belonging to serious literature...