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Arpino was wise to put this little fancy first. Because the costumes are glistening white and the women wear chignons, the classical echoes are clear when the scene shifts to the street. Moulton, on the other hand, establishes himself on the corner right away. Thunder/Purple Rain is a variant on the familiar sex-and-salvation theme. Elizabeth Parkinson plays a sort of fairy who transforms bystanders into lovers with a wand crowned, rather like a car's hood ornament, by a heart. Unfortunately, Moulton makes the song Purple Rain into a dismal solo that looks arduous to dance and provides...
...major retailers trying to move into their neighborhoods. After years of passively accepting -- sometimes even welcoming -- the likes of Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Payless Drug Stores, K Mart and Price Club, residents are now protesting in the streets and hectoring at town planning meetings. They feel they are now wise to the disadvantages such stores bring: increased traffic, air pollution and cannibalization of their hometown retailers. Add modern media savvy to the mix, and you have a group, regardless of their number, that can make a stink big enough to bring them nationwide attention . . . and victory...
...none of these options appeals, you can also take your chances on a computer where someone else has left a coat or a bag. However, a word to the wise: if you opt for this sneaky trick, wear protective clothing. You may get attacked from behind by a furious, foaming first-year who had been trying to print out her Expos revision when all of a sudden you hijacked her computer, to do E-MAIL, no less! She may then whack you with her bag (not that this ever happened to me, especially not last week after justice...
...application with tiny fingers and palms, but once there it is rarely ingested. And low to the ground as they are, children hardly ever eat off of floors. Actually, a careful review of the eating habits of children reveals that the only surfaces you have to worry about, plague-wise, are the ones in McDonald's and Pizza...
...that had white filter paper stretched across its diameter. Hand and metal-paper extension followed swarms of multi-sized goldfish darting around the tub. Each hand and its loop was eager to win a fish by successfully scooping it out of the tub with the water-weakened paper net. Wise hands targeted the large schools of pinky-sized goldfish, hoping to catch at least one light trophy from the crowd. More determined hands chased elusive trophies around the perimeter...