Word: racier
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...most faithful of renditions: the Muppets do gloss over some of the song's racier lyrics. "Mama, just killed a man/ Put a gun against his head/ Pulled my trigger/ Now he's dead" becomes a monosyllabic riff ("Mama! ... Mama?") by the drummer Animal. But these are kids' show characters, after all, and by the time Miss Piggy finishes the song with an epic solo delivered atop a piano, the few omissions seem like a trifling complaint. (See pictures of Sesame Street's 40-year cavalcade of stars...
...long ago, a family driving across Kansas on well-traveled I-70 would encounter nothing racier than a pecan log and nothing more hyped than the "world's largest prairie dog." Then porn came to the highway. The surprising thing is that officials in the Bible Belt state are taking the invasion lying down...
...midweek afternoon business is visibly slow, with security guards in Prada's Miu Miu store outnumbering customers by two to one and sales assistants outnumbering security guards by the same margin. The neighboring Rigby & Peller shop, offering the classic lingerie styles reputed to find favor with the Queen alongside racier, French maid-themed numbers, is also deserted, but two perky salesgirls claim weekend trade is brisk. "Once people have tried our bras, they always come back," says one. "Everybody wants that uplift." It's a sentiment gloomy British retailers and their gloomier customers must surely endorse...
...Here's a venue that is all words and no body language; whether online or in text messages, nuance is almost impossible. And since text and e-mail flirting can be done without having to look people in the eye, and is often done with speed, it is bolder, racier and unimpeded by moments of reflection on whether the message could be misconstrued or is wise to send at all. "Flirt texting is a topic everyone finds fascinating, although not much research is out there yet," says Abbey. But one thing is clear: "People are often more willing to disclose...
...take the teen-pregnancy numbers. It's not enough to credit the virtues of responsibility and better sex education. Something racier is desired. According to some writers, fewer teens are getting pregnant because they've all switched to oral sex. Or maybe the phenomenon is due to a still unexplained decline in sperm counts...