Word: skins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Inside the statue, most of the angles are eccentric, which made the whole job appealing and difficult for the engineers. The copper skin had been fastened to the superstructure by means of more than 1,800 iron armature bars, all different shapes and sizes. At the rate of just twelve a day, the armatures have been replaced by individually forged steel bars. The exterior, blemished by acid rain and 100-year accretions of bird excrement, was bathed and scrubbed. Only two bits of grafting were necessary: the tip of the nose and some hair curls are new copper...
...sunny afternoon in Karachi, and the streets of Pakistan's largest city are crowded with shoppers, apparently unconcerned about the rising tension between Pakistan and India. Suddenly, a second sun bursts into view overhead, so bright it temporarily blinds thousands and so hot it blisters the skin. Thirty seconds later, the shock wave hits, crumbling buildings and throwing people to the ground. To the Pakistanis, only one explanation is possible for the tremendous blast: India has launched a nuclear attack. They immediately order their bombers, armed with atomic bombs, to strike back at India, which responds in kind. Only later...
...expensive Martin, and after making sure there were no women in earshot, he swung into Catfish Blues, a song so lowdown nasty he said "I ain't gon' give you too much." Most of the verses were difficult to understand -- there was something about "belly to belly" and "skin to skin" in the middle there -- but it did sound downright filthy nonetheless. It gave you the feeling you had been caught peeking in a girlie magazine at the local apothecary...
...meet the people, You can study piano privately, Boston is a real city, Harvard has everything. I came, to do somethingdifferent. In our rooming group of four, I was theWest Coast representative, one of two musicians,oblivious to things Jewish, and quiet. I began todiscover the yellow of my skin along with everyoneelse...
...comes euphoria, a feeling of stimulation and sexual excitement, soon followed by sadness and depression. Much later come irritability, sleeplessness and paranoia. The fourth stage, says Siegel, "is a schizophrenic-like psychosis, complete with delusions and hallucinations." One nightmare common to addicts is that bugs are crawling over their skin. Heavy crack smokers can go through all four stages in a single drug binge...