Word: laing
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...Gursky, similarly, is committed to cataloguing the structural artifice left behind by humanity. The pairing with Ruscha is a bit unusual, but it works. Despite differences in age, geographical origin and medium--Ruscha is an LA-based artist who got his start as a humble sign-painter in the '60s, while Gursky is a much younger, German-born photographer--the two engage with at times startlingly similar themes. In his images of endless hotel interiors, meticulously arranged 99-cent stores and cold Prada showrooms, Gursky, like Ruscha, presents everyday structures as pure expressions both of the human and something more...
Enrique Iglesias followed, starting off on a high note with "Rhythm Divine" and "Be With You." He then moved on to a rendition of Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba," introducing it with a cheesy salute to diversity. "No matter what you are--English, Chinese--you gotta love this song." But he wasn't done pandering to the crowd yet. Pulling Stella, a frizzy blonde, from the crowd and onto stage, he serenaded her with his slower song "You're My #1." After telling her "you gotta stand still and look me in the eye the whole time," he placed her hand...
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...faxing an application for a Platinum card and e-mailing a color photo of his beaming children, taken with a digital camera and put on a CD, to a screen in his home in Connecticut, where the kids are playing Pokemon (don't ask) or dancing to Livin' la Vida Loca (don't ask), before he trades a hundred shares of Microsoft, transfers some cash, buys a Palm Pilot for his wife (who's doing Pilates at the health club this afternoon), auctions off the cabin in Vermont, then orders one set of tickets to a black-tie dinner...