Word: plumpness
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...devil always does. And he'll be bearded, plump, gay and naked. The pope, tuning in to the heavily publicized exchange on national television, will declare the apocalypse nigh...
...skin weighs 9 lbs. on average and has three main layers: the epidermis, the dermis and the hypodermis. No thicker than a page in this magazine, the outermost layer, the epidermis, is filled with layers of specialized skin cells known as keratinocytes. When these cells, which start out plump with water in the deepest layer of the epidermis, migrate to the skin's surface, they lose moisture and are eventually sloughed off. In young people the average keratinocyte takes 28 days to traverse the epidermis. In folks over 50, it can take an additional week and a half. Result: mature...
...meantime, follow these commonsense rules: Stay out of the sun. Cleanse and moisturize your face every morning and evening. Often that's all you need to do to plump up those keratinocytes. If you have sensitive, dry skin, avoid products that contain vitamin A or hydroxy acids. Don't smoke. Use hydroxy acids sparingly. Whatever you do, don't get obsessive. There are worse things than sprouting a few crow's feet or age spots. Just remember that nobody ever died of a wrinkle...
Well, Richard may be the Machiavellian (and not a little Malkovichian) puppetmaster of "Survivor," and he's certainly holding the show together entertainment-wise with his catty punditry and villainous wit. But he's still just a plump (but getting thinner) guy who likes to walk around naked - in other words, he's just one man, and for him the Tribal Council's expulsion of Greg on Wednesday must have carried a disturbing amount of unpredictability. (Best exit yet, by the way. Leaves with a "Jerk" impression, and then eschews CBS press tour...
These currents found focus in a county best known for its plump blueberries rather than controversy; one where school principal Lolita Lee made it clear that attendance at the Christian athletes' assembly was voluntary. But Smith, playing Jesus, realized the program was taking an unexpected turn when he made a choreographed stumble on the way to his cross and saw students weeping. "We had no special effects," he says. "It was me and an ugly brown robe. I thought, 'This...