Word: washed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...arms. The arms, in turn, clamp down on the wheel rims with rubber pads. The system is simple but doesn't always work, especially with heavy loads or on wet roads. After failed brakes sent him into a tree 20 years ago, William Mathauser, an aeronautical engineer from Anacortes, Wash., set out to improve the system. His hydraulic brake has just gone into full production...
...dining hall manager's excuses ranged from saccharine ecological concern ("It would require so much water and energy to wash the dishes that it's better to use disposable plates,") to naked self-interest ("We don't have the employees to wash the dishes, and it would cost $40,000 to hire someone...
...fellow proves strangely indestructible. This sort of homicidal fable demands the stiletto of satire -- the very weapon flourished by Italian director Pietro Germi in his brilliant '60s comedies Divorce Italian Style and Seduced and Abandoned. But what played in Sicily for Germi doesn't work in Tacoma, Wash., for Lawrence Kasdan. This crime does not spring from the polluted mores of a medieval society; it is the private whim of an exasperated woman. I Love You to Death lacks the precision, ferocity and guts needed for black farce. It has the American failing: it just wants to be loved...
...rebel; one lewd strand of hair snakes down to his cheek. He's an orphan; his parents, the notorious Alphabet Bomber (Airport, Barber shop, Car wash, Drug store . . .) and spouse, were electrocuted together long before he turned teen. He's Wade Walker, and when the world that has branded him a juvenile delinquent weighs too heavily on his high school hellcat soul, his eye moistens with a single salty tear. So the kids call him Cry-Baby. Says Wade defiantly: "That's Mr. Baby...
...piece, titled "Collaborative Yellow," in which each VES student of one class contributed a strip, is an exercise in varying items for texture. Among the everyday elements featured are sponges, licorice, and wash clothes, covered in bright yellow paint. The vivid color and interplay of textures draw the veiwer in to examine what beneath the paint creates the unusual texture. The painting is fun to look...