Word: sprayings
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...mess and comparative hardship of camping; as far as they are concerned, the whole thing is strictly for the magpies. But like golf widows and fishing widows, they know they are licked unless they join the menfolk, so they have revolted, picked up their sunglasses and mosquito spray, and marched off together... In most of the national parks, campers can find hot and cold water, city-style plumbing, cocktail lounges, automatic laundries, hairdressers, TV and enough electric power to light the city of Boise. Michigan authorities have already approved installation of additional electrical facilities to handle the increased load...
...named Shepard Fairey started putting obscure stickers on buildings to promote a skateboard gang. They got attention and Fairey, inspired, kept slapping them up as a kind of mass psychology test: What does the average person make of a public sign that is, essentially, meaningless? The posters, stickers and spray-painted designs often bear the image of the late World Wrestling Federation star Andre the Giant, and the San Diego-based artist encourages like-minded urban guerrillas to join him in spreading a message with no message. The result: "Obey" signs in cities almost everywhere, including Tokyo and Hong Kong...
There's still plenty you can do to protect yourself in a Lyme-infested neighborhood: tuck your pants in your socks, spray DEET on your clothing, check yourself and your kids for ticks. And if you develop a spreading red rash--particularly if it's accompanied by joint pain, chills or confusion--make sure you see a doctor right away. The trick, as always, is to be vigilant without overreacting...
...impress the critics or crowds at its opening at Cannes?everyone was hoping for a Crouching Tiger repeat?but Shu Qi's performance did. This film was essentially made for her, and her character carries the action. We see the spare, raw, brittle Shu Qi rather than the ditzy spray-on sex doll her earlier films tended to serve up. It's a psychological drama that charts the wrenching of her separate attraction for two very different men, and she gets to cry rather than squeal. "This is the best work I have ever done," allows the actress, sipping...
...sequel) is a graduate student in art at a small college in the American Midwest. She meets Adam (Paul Rudd, an appealing young stage and screen veteran who played in Bash), a younger student working as a guard at the local museum, where Evelyn is thinking about spray-painting a penis onto the fig leaf adorning an otherwise nude statue. This first scene poses the question: Does this pretty provocateuse dare cross the line that separates propriety from artistic daring...