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...Quick Heinrich, Das Flit" (Should it be "Raus"?) The campaign expanded to book form, with a collection of the published ads, and a promotional movie, produced by Warner Bros. It showed a whale being menacing by a mosquito; Orca snarls, "Quick Jonah! The Flit!" and a man in a polka-dot bathing suit emerges from the whale's mouth to repel the attacker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Seuss on First | 3/2/2004 | See Source »

...many cases highlighted as the crowning glory of an otherwise respectable outfit. Warning to all the Ugg-inclined: this is one of those trends that is going to appear patently stupid in but a few months. Australians make killer denim, flirty sun dresses and a dizzying array of inexplicably polka-dotted bikinis: why instead adopt the most laughable fashion trend to emanate from Down Under since Crocodile Dundee hit the big screen...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Ugg-ly | 11/6/2003 | See Source »

...concerned about the rise in violence, keep pushing cases through. "We just want her here," says Ellen Carlson, a trainer for Wells Fargo in Long Lake, Minnesota, who has adopted Patience Williams, a big-eyed, 2-year-old Monrovian girl in short braids and a blue and white polka-dot dress. "We have her bed ready in her bedroom. We have her enrolled in her preschool. Her big sister is waiting for her little sister." The Carlsons have used a photograph of Patience - who's suffering from anemia and severe diarrhea, and no longer has the energy she once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still a Long Way from Home | 8/3/2003 | See Source »

Sporting a nautical outfit with a polka-dotted ascot and docksiders, the Ferrell’s ensemble was completed by a sailor’s hat perched atop his curly brown hair...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ferrell Entertains Seniors | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...Alexander McQueen fashion shows, everyone aims to turn heads, whether they're McQueen groupies in never-worn-before pieces or editors in origami hats or vintage polka-dot bow-tie blouses. But at last fall's show, the figure most eyes followed was that of a handsome stranger who arrived with Jonathan Newhouse, chairman of Conde Nast International, was greeted warmly by Domenico De Sole, CEO of Gucci Group (owner of the McQueen label), and shown to an envied front-row seat. The fashion plebeians who didn't recognize him or his power-broker companions couldn't miss his three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sheik Of Chic | 2/5/2003 | See Source »

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