Word: stripping
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...favorite hit man. The scene, which required the duplication in Munich of Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark gallery, lasts about 15 minutes and should keep all customers satisfied, as Salinger and the Consultant briefly team up to blast their way out. It makes fine use of Wright's spiraling strip, lacking only a climactic getaway via motorcycle, wheelchair or roller skates...
...Jones reports that the overall take on the Las Vegas Strip was down 23% to $474 million in December. (Read "25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis...
...chemist Joseph Rosefield fixed peanut butter's tendency to separate by adding hydrogenated vegetable oil; he called the thick, creamy result Skippy (probably after a popular comic strip), and a brand was born. Within the decade, Skippy was fighting it out with other established brands like Peter Pan and Heinz. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches invaded children's lunch boxes soon after: by one 2002 estimate, the average American child eats 1,500 PB&J sandwiches before graduating from high school. In the 1990s, nut-allergy fears led some schools to eliminate peanuts from cafeteria menus. Still, peanut butter remains...
...London on Thursday, the third-floor lingerie aisles at department store Selfridges & Co. lured customers in a unique way. "Join Selfridges for a sexy and indulgent Valentine's evening!" said the company's website. The allure: while you shop, the "gorgeous dancers from Stringfellows" - a strip joint - perform, using Carmen Electra's portable home pole-dancing kit. (See 10 things to do in London...
...stimulus measure, along with the withdrawal of two Obama appointees who have had tax problems, has put the White House on the defensive. On Feb. 3, Obama summoned network-television anchors to Washington for prized Oval Office interviews and let it be known that he had hectored Democrats to strip pork out of the package; that sound bite was overshadowed by Obama's concession that he had "screwed up" in the Tom Daschle nomination. By the next day, the tax break for filmmakers had vanished, along with plans to subsidize contraception and beautify the National Mall. But even...