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...over the viewer's head. This idea seems to be the darling of the current advertising world. Pricing shelf space by eye level (or, at the counter, child-level) is old news, but the proliferation of ground advertising in the last five years is remarkable--now, as we stare at our feet at the mall, we can be sold Levi's as well. The Tealuxe spotlight that casts the company logo as a shadow on the sidewalk outside its Harvard Square store is a particularly nice example. Blimps and banners pulled by planes are similarly familiar, but negotiations between...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: Selling Silence | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

...Comparing one's progress to his neighbor's provides essential workout motivation. The selection of a competitor involves several considerations such as age, weight, athleticism and whether or not his or her workout stats are visible in a mirror reflection. If not, people inevitably stare at the brunette with the long ponytail for inspiration. It's okay because she wants people to stare at her. That's why she wore the bikini top and booty shorts...

Author: By K.l. Rakowski, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Survival of the Fittest | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

...Million __ March (gun-control event slated for May 14) 4. Sprint competitor 7. Stare stupidly 11. Versatile vehicles, for short 13. U.S.S.R. successor 14. Boulder County D.A. Hunter, who is leaving office 15. Mohammed Mustafa __, Syria's new Prime Minister 16. "Wheels" 17. Like a sourball 18. Clinton retraced a march here 20. Bush labeled Gore "an __ of Washington" 22. Article of the Constitution that defines treason 23. J.F.K. sked information 24. The Pope apologized for the church's sins at the Day of __ Mass 27. Three ex-N.Y.P.D. officers were convicted of conspiracy in the __ torture case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Crossword Mar. 27, 2000 | 3/27/2000 | See Source »

...nomination.) But does the film, written by Susannah Grant, have to be both heckling and truckling? Everyone in it has one job: to endure Erin's ballsy superiority. Real actresses, like Cherry Jones, Marg Helgenberger and Veanne Cox, must play victim or scapegoat as the star flashes her scalding stare, her money-shot smile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Erin Go Bra | 3/20/2000 | See Source »

...film--what its maker calls "a gangster, hip-hop, samurai eastern western"--is about the gang that couldn't shoot straight and the killer for hire who can't stop shooting. The gang is a boneyard of Mafia dinosaurs in North Jersey (Tony Soprano's turf). They stare numbly at old cartoons and are months behind in the rent for their clubhouse. Next to them, Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) is both modern and ageless. His cyber-age artillery and acute aim make him the ideal hit man. Between gigs he plays hip-hop CDs in whatever car he has stolen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Samurai Cineaste | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

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