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...troubling aspect of the place: Everything, including the shake cup, felt covered in a thin layer of grease, as if it had been misted on. The napkins, included by the counter employee in the cardboard serving box, had been nestled between the burgers and were nearly useless for any serious post-meal cleanup. I made two trips to the bathroom for hand-washes and paper towels...
...under the epidermis is the dermis, which contains the blood vessels that nourish the skin and the structural elements--proteins called collagen and elastin--that keep it taut and springy. As we grow older, the body has trouble replenishing the stores of collagen and elastin, giving the skin a thin, papery look...
...importance of Gary Smith. At age 65, with 24 Emmy awards and four decades' experience with TV specials and variety shows, Smith has served as executive producer for Democratic conventions since 1988, when he began renting out his considerable showbiz expertise to a tradition that was, even then, wearing thin. That was the year he updated the look of the convention with an imposing wall of video screens behind the podium. In 1996 he recruited Christopher Reeve for one of the campaign season's loveliest moments. In the year 2000, he's identified the basic problem. "You're taking four...
...Conservationists make these points: It would be impossible in any case to thin out millions of acres of rugged forest. Not enough money or manpower. Logging creates its own fire hazards - enormous piles of slash, for example. Forest fires are not nearly as devastating in the long term as they seem at the fiery moment. The big 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park, hyped by media pictures and ineffectually fought with the largest fire-fighting army in history, did not go out until heavy snow and rain came in mid-September. The burned areas are regenerating nicely, as nature intended...
...Alec Guinness every time - there was a reliable pleasure in that. His eyes, which could droop or bluster or mourn or scorn, were canvases of the subtlest possible histrionics. The thin-lipped British smile that could be a billboard of polite derision, shy mischief (or searing wistfulness), usually in some part elegant. But every time you saw Alec Guinness he was a little different, as if you were watching a quietly joyous or angry or befuddled or quixotic little man who looked just like Alec Guinness. And boy, could this...