Word: plush
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...Glynn ’03 says that her creation in faux-fur, “Nausea,” which consists of nine yards of white plush fabric draped over chicken wire, is a condemnation of “sickeningly excessive sentimentality.” The column, which resembles a pile of vomited intestines, is more likely to revolt the viewer than evoke the “warm and fuzzy” emotions associated with its fabric...
...Nobody gives Pinot! A drop-dead crowd pleaser, plush and decadent...
...twisty four-hour drive to Issyk-Kul, a 170 km-long lake in the mountains of northeastern Kyrgyzstan. In Soviet times, despite being the site of secret torpedo tests, Issyk-Kul was a famed R. and R. spot for party cadres in search of pampering at the area's plush hotels and sanitoriums...
...pounds. A single act of intercourse, according to Friedman, burns an average of 200 calories... Many doctors eschew eccentric diets and insist that their patients learn instead to eat differently for the rest of their lives. Dr. Robert Atkins, a modishly dressed Manhattan physician who operates out of a plush East Side office, believes that overweight is the result of the body's inability to metabolize carbohydrates properly. He allows his patients such dietary don'ts as mayonnaise and heavy cream, butter, steaks and lobster, but limits them to a maximum of 40 grams of carbohydrates daily. Dr. Charles Roland...
...Noyes and Allison Arieff, is a celebration of the American fascination with mobile homes. Most of the photos here are promotional shots, but that simply cranks up the kitsch an extra notch: '50s-era nuclear children and busty, bouffant models--often in full evening wear--grin manically from the plush interiors of futuristic, tear-drop-shaped Kozy Coaches and Karriall Kampers, many of which look as if they were designed by Buck Rogers on acid. The authors admire their subject with very little irony, but you should feel free to bring your own. Trailer Travel is a glimpse...