Word: skins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meanwhile in Eliot House, FM associate editor Hussain held court. Reportedly, several female friends of FM showed up looking "blatantly underage and wearing tight shirts." Hussain has been recently celebrating the popularity of "Murad," an advanced Glycolic Acid skin care system now available at Kosmetika, a day spa located at 77 Newbury St. (second floor...
...much the worse, then, when they get to sex and end up like some fidgety imitation of Woody Allen. "Back to the touching of your breasts for a minute," Lewinsky gets asked at one point in her testimony. "Was that then through clothing or actually, directly onto your skin?" The seamy, repetitive questions laid bare the puritanical monomania that infects this mad pursuit: "Would you agree that the insertion of an object into the genitalia of another person with the desire to gratify sexually would fit within the definition used in the Jones case as sexual relations...
...song takes its time cadencing, but once the beat begins the song is infectious. The trademark maudlin Morrissey irony is apparent from the start--the band strikes up in the most driving, happy manner possible, as Morrissey sings of heroine addiction and "the needle pressed on to tight skin" (The song is rumored to be about Jake Walters, Morrissey friend and former personal assistant). Consuming depression has never had such a foot-tapping beat. It's a guilty pleasure. "Sunny" is an excellent song, most rewarding in its stimulation of the memories of what Morrissey once was. Listening...
...Louis, Mo., formed an organization called the X Prize Foundation and offered a $10 million award to the first designer to develop a ship able to take passengers into space. The trip the sponsors envision is not much--a suborbital lob shot that would barely nick the skin of space. But a little outer space is still outer space, and since the prize was announced, 15 groups have submitted blueprints...
Ouchless injections? Last week Astra Pharmaceutical introduced a skin patch that numbs a kid's skin by delivering local anesthetic directly to the injection site. Called Emla and available by prescription only, it can be used on children as young as one month--and on needle-shy grownups. One downside: the patch must be applied at least an hour before visiting the doctor...