Word: yellowness
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...symbolizing the war dead, the makeshift tents, the signs, the satellite trucks, the flag-draped Harley-Davidsons, the Joan Baezes and the right-wing talk-radio hosts are all gone. Sheehan quit her protest, disillusioned with both Republican and Democratic leaders, in 2007. The once flattened roadside grass, parched yellow by drought, now stands straight. The only movement is a hawk landing on a fence post, a horse pawing at the dust and a trio of baby goats playing in a dry creek...
...Vanity media is like having this little yellow lab in the household. 'What about me? Aren't you going to update me?' How are you going to compete with that...
Lying anxiously in bed listening to the radio and waiting for your school’s name to be called. Realizing that that big yellow bus will never be able to make it down your block. All of the signs that school has been cancelled because of snow are distant (or, in the case of those from warmer climes, nonexistent) memories for Harvard students...
...hijacking of red and yellow by political groups has forced some Thais to give up wearing both colors, lest they be erroneously placed in one of the two political camps. The number of people who would normally wear yellow on Mondays to honor the King has dropped considerably, not because they respect the monarch any less, but because they don't want to be associated with the PAD. Likewise, soccer-mad Thais who would usually wear red Arsenal or Manchester United jerseys have been forced to think twice about supporting their favorite sports team...
...wearing a carnation-pink blazer and shirt, apparently because astrologers predicted that the tint would hasten his good health. The monarch's fashion statement provoked a run on all things rose-colored, with tens of thousands of pink shirts selling in a matter of weeks. Now that red and yellow are out, Thailand may again be turning pink...