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...comfort Aum's nervous neighbors in Kamikuishiki. A month later they noticed that the leaves on the trees near the cult's compound had suddenly turned brown. Shortly afterward the family living nearest the compound woke up with nausea and sore eyes. There was "a horrible smell, like burning plastic," said retired farmer Norie Okamoto, who informed the police. The cultists got off with a warning, and the villagers were furious, especially when the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper disclosed that police samples of the soil around the compound contained organic phosphorus compounds that are potential residues of sarin, matching residues...
...brazenly theatrical that even the drag queens in the audience were taken aback. Supermodels like CLAUDIA SCHIFFER (with a swirly 'do) shared the catwalk with celebrities TIPPI HEDREN and PATTY HEARST, who stripped (somewhat awkwardly) down to sequins. Mugler wowed the crowd with ensembles made of tight black plastic, skirts that bloomed up from the waist and a robot suit that took six months to make. Said the designer to Le Figaro: "You can understand why I can't do this twice a year...
...look at national trauma or disaster they way a plastic surgeon looks at Crow's Feet--you know it's too bad, but we've got to make a living," said Marlette...
Choosing what to write with is a momentous decision for me. It all began with one of those shiny Hello Kitty vinyl school kits, you know, the bright ones with a neat little row of plastic loops inside to harbor a child's collection of those disappearing markers that come inside boxes of Lucky Charms. In those inviting slots she had tucked a fascinating armament of pens and mechanical pencils and ever since then I've been a writing utensil snob. I revel in the satisfaction of taking notes in just the right color ink and with...
...ball-point ratio skyrocket. Even the Europeans, whom I had always romanticized as the last bastion of the noble fountain-pen glory, were filling in blanks on vocabulary sheets with the sliding ink of Bic pens--the kind you can buy in 20-packs at CVS. These plastic wonders are a good ol' standby, always there to jot down messages for your roommate on a Post-it or, more importantly, for you to chew on. What a perfect companion a blueberry-colored, Paper Mate makes when you sit on the third floor of Hilles, worrying about tomorrow...