Word: wet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cover images for Wet Wet Wet's latest album,10, conform somewhat humorously to this latter images, shamelessly contradicting the lively spirit of the music they introduce. The Scottish foursome look mad and bad, sporting black threads and dour expressions. But their songs are upbeat melodies, ranging from the catchy to the soothing, the brisk to the beautiful...
...opera star Luciano Pavarotti have also pleaded prior engagements. Concert organizers have been criticized by the British press for setting ticket prices at $65. Those set to perform at Althorp Park, where Diana is buried, include singers Sir Cliff Richard and Chris de Burgh and the pop band Wet Wet Wet...
Webster and Shortridge quickly arranged an ad hoc task force to begin testing poultry in the city's "wet" markets, so named because retailers use water to clean their stalls and adjacent sidewalks. The group began its probe on Dec. 22 and worked 18 hours a day right through Dec. 28, the day Hong Kong authorities began their territory-wide slaughter. The research showed that 10% of chickens in the markets carried the virus. Ducks and geese in the markets carried it too--especially worrisome, given their ability to carry infections without outward sign of illness. In the markets...
Then, alas, they all head for a submerged "habitat" on the ocean floor, yank on their wet suits and start poking around the wreck. And the standard scare scenes start occurring on a more or less predictable schedule--leaks, explosions, monsters popping out of the dark depths--with a more or less predictable effect on the health, mental and physical, of the intruders, not to mention the quality of the dialogue, which deteriorates largely to murmured suspicions and warning shouts...
...paint store on Broadway, chattering as we went about how cool our new room would be. We brought home two gallons of light blue latex paint and, standing on stools, we drew cloud shapes with a marker on the white ceiling. We pried open the paint cans, wet our fat brushes and filled in the blue sky, creating clouds...