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...bigger splash in swimming circles than the slippery new bodysuits being prepared for the Athens Olympics, particularly the Fastskin suit unveiled in March. Designed by Speedo and Japan's Mizuno, the drag-reducing Fastskin makes it appear as if a swimmer has been dipped in a glossy, water-resistant paint. Olympians who plan to wear one include Japanese swimming sensation Kosuke Kitajima, who has set world records in the 100- and 200-m breaststroke. Speedo claims the $250 suit reduces drag by at least 4% compared with the original Fastskin design released in 2000. Not to be outdone, the company...
...with her own t-shirt designs about the Democratic running mate. Her favorite was a simple white t-shirt that proclaims, “John Edwards is Hot,” with a strapping image of the North Carolina senator hand-stenciled in black or navy blue paint on the front...
...going to happen. So he arranged what he figured was the next best thing: a stint with the Melbourne Cricket Club, which manages the game's grandest stage. It's a Friday morning and Josh is bent over in the middle of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, using a paint-dipped broom to embellish one of the 50-m arcs for tomorrow night's Brisbane vs. Collingwood game. The stands are empty, the wind is numbing and this is painstaking work - not normally the boy's forte. But Josh is content. This place thrills him. Bruce Church has nearly 60 years...
...professor was right that I am at an advantage for having no artistic experience; my lack of confidence means that I am more pliable and ready to throw around ink and erase everything and spill water everywhere. It feels good to leave the studios covered in charcoal dust and paint, an inky reminder of the brief escape my class provides twice a week...
...weather is always inclement, the protagonists are all muddy when they're not bloody, King Arthur's Christianity is muscular but joyless, and Guinevere is often daubed with blue paint. No, folks, we're not in Camelot anymore. Mostly we're in and around Hadrian's Wall in Britain at the dawn of the Dark Ages, with the Romans in retreat, the Saxons advancing and the severely downsized Knights of the Round Table defending civilization as they know it. Conditions in this world are not visibly much different from barbarism. Life on this frontier is rude and basic, though Guinevere...