Word: sprayings
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Ever since a French newsman caught the killing of 12-year-old Palestinian Mohammed al-Durrah on tape, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has found a new venue—the global media. The picture of the terrified boy crouching against his father amidst a spray of bullets made the covers of newspapers around the world. The world seemed ready to entertain the notion that the oppression of the Palestinians had reached an intolerable level. But meanwhile, the American press took steps that ensured that the truth about Palestine would remain hidden from the American people...
...revision to tradition. Now April 14-16 will see the world's biggest water fight as Southeast Asians from Phnom Penh to Phuket soak each other in three days of liquid lunacy, accompanied by dancing, feasting and singing. In Rangoon, stages erected along the streets are used to spray passersby. In Thailand, residents of Chiang Mai in the north are known as particularly enthusiastic celebrants, while Khon Kean in the northeast parades flower-bedecked floats through town to the beat of indigenous Isaan music. An official ban on throwing water in Cambodia has failed to dampen festivities; traditional games...
...Fights recurring back aches, depression, degeneration and impotency." Chinese Dragon Tonic: "Battles impotence, lassitude, amnesia and cold pain of the waist and knees." And, finally, Sinphar Supra Softgels: "Make yourself powerful during active sex!" After a few moments I opted for the "fast-acting" Nan Shi Xin Bao spray, a local anaesthetic to prolong coitus, and the high, focused promise of the Sinphar Supra Softgels. I started to explain to the attractive woman at the counter that I was a journalist writing a story, but I broke off in mid-sentence. She looked as if she had heard that before...
...weeks ago. The Sinphar Supra Softgels have yet to manifest any effect. There's no extra lead in my pencil and, I can only hope, none in the rest of my system either. (There have been frequent reports of herbal remedies containing dangerous levels of lead.) The spray turned out to be an awful product. It comes in a floral-print bottle and you're directed to spray it on liberally a few minutes before making love. The problem was that my brand didn't merely desensitize: it burned like Ben Gay. This made me do a very odd dance...
...PEPPER-SPRAY DISPENSERS From either side of the truck, handy blasters propel burning pepper spray...