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Santas should adhere to St. Nick's traditional dress code - red coat, red pants, white beard - at all times. Not a creepy mustache, not a dirty dishrag and clown nose, but a real honest-to-goodness beard that can withstand some curious tugs. They should be friendly but not too friendly. And they probably shouldn't be drunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sketchy Santas: When Christmas Gets Weird | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

...legal aspects of this introduction of testimony were swiftly forgotten. "General" Ben G. McKenzie, rustic wit of the prosecution counsel, offered his view of Evolution: ". . . they [Evolutionists] want to put words in God's mouth and have Him to say that He issued some sort of protoplasm, or soft dishrag, and put it in the ocean and said: 'Old boy, if you wait about 6,000 years I will make something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Great Trial | 8/5/2005 | See Source »

...massage, but there's no table in sight. Her client, fully clothed, lies on a mat on the floor as Apfelbaum pulls, prods and stretches using not only her hands but also her elbows, forearms, knees and feet. Instead of coming out of the treatment as limp as a dishrag, the recipient feels invigorated as well as relaxed. It's a combination many first-timers find irresistible. "What people have said is, once they've had a Thai massage, they can't go back to traditional table massage," says Apfelbaum, 48, author of Thai Massage: Sacred Bodywork (Avery/Penguin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Body & Mind: It's a Stretch! | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

...context of today's hyperstimulating world. She believes that up to 15% of adults may suffer from some form of sensory defensiveness. One person avoids driving at night because he can't tolerate headlights reflecting in his rearview mirror. Another can't relax until she washes a musty-smelling dishrag in the next room. Says Heller: "Sensory defensiveness is when your reaction to stimuli starts to govern the choices you make in your life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...wedding in Vermont the day before Ruth was named, the Ginsburgs were met by White House lawyers at their apartment for a crash vetting. Martin was able to show records, in meticulous, Manila-folder order, of Social Security payments for everyone who had so much as touched a dishrag in their household...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law According To Ruth: RUTH BADER GINSBURG | 6/28/1993 | See Source »

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