Word: zebra
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...million to protect Revolutionary War boats at the bottom of Lake Champlain from invading zebra mussels...
...late David ("Junior") Kimbrough, both giants of hill-country boogie. On the walls, a gallery of American icons--Betty Page, Casey Jones, Father Flanagan, Mississippi John Hurt--keep watch as Cody, a skinny 24-year-old with Prince Valiant hair and a powerful chest, works a zebra-striped drum kit. With his mouth open, head cocked and eyes scrunched in an expression of mind-bending wonder, he sets up a martial beat taken from the fife-and-drum bands that have been playing in these hills since the Civil War, then dances around it with virtuoso rock and jazz accents...
...ability to manufacture excitement and adventure where not much exists. Every visitor to McCain's cabin in the Arizona desert has the same odd experience. At some point during the first morning, McCain waves off into the distance and announces that today "we'll take a trip down to Zebra Falls." The way he says it and then becomes worked up over the idea suggests that the guests will be shooting a veritable Niagara, halfway across the state of Arizona. The new guests return to their cabin and outfit themselves for a safari...only to find that Zebra Falls...
...give our environment and its inhabitants a second glance. Furs used for adornment of coat collars and skirt fringe are completely frivolous and unnecessary. In this era of Polartec and fleeces, there is absolutely no excuse for fur. It may be an urban jungle out there, but that zebra print is only shielding you from realizing your own delusions of chic...