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...Crimson article on the arrangement noted the dilapidated condition of the property, describing the first floor, covered with paint cans and bottles of disinfectant, as “a work in progress.” But students moved in immediately to help defray costs by paying rent for their housing. They painted and cleaned and, pretty soon, Sigma Chi had a cozy home to call their...
Trashing the environment is a sure vote loser, so the Administration frequently tries to paint itself green, and sometimes ends up saying one thing and doing another. At his confirmation hearings, Attorney General John Ashcroft pledged to enforce another Clinton-era policy--the "roadless rule," which protected 58.5 million acres of national forest land from development. At the very end of his term, Clinton passed the rule, leaving it for the Bush Administration to put into action. And Bush has kept it on the books. But when logging companies challenged the measure in court, the defense put up by Ashcroft...
Thanks to Lucas and his brilliant team, special effects became the prettiest new tool in the movie paint box. "Star Wars convinced filmmakers that you can do anything bigger and better to enhance the shot," says Jason Barlow, lead CG animator for the effects company RIOT. "Now, with digital technology, real magic can happen." The movie even changed the way films are financed. Notes cultural critic John Seabrook: "Because of its huge box office, it interested Wall Street people who had previously seen Hollywood as small potatoes. The Star Wars numbers brought a new variety of investor and financial manager...
...most notorious moment in Spaces history came when he redid a living room for a Seattle couple who asked that he not alter the wife's beloved brick fireplace. It was like waving a maroon, dark green and oatmeal flag in front of a bull. "'Don't paint the fireplace!'" he recalls. "Fine. I won't paint the fireplace." He built a screen around it instead, and the wife duly burst into tears. "[The screen] wasn't earth shattering," he insists. "But her shrieks were...
There is a color palate that lets readers know exactly which shades this face paint-goop comes in. The first three hues—indistinguishable to the human eye—are for three separate shades of Caucasian skin. They are called “pale,” “buff” and “naked”. Not exactly the color I see when I’m naked, but whatever, no need to get testy. My eye rapidly scans the color chart to find that the “darkest” color listed...