Word: posterize
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...hippie commune. People here shop at the Gap, for Christ's sake," objects Weddington to suggestions that most Co-opers are very leftist. The Gap? But what about the big poster on the wall protesting Gap sweatshop use? At the top of one flight of stairs is a mural, known as the "Tribute to Karl Marx." Surrounding a photo of the socialist and a rising red Communist star, the words "Workers of the World Unite" are written in a plethora of languages. The dining room is decorated with half a dozen Communist posters in vivid reds and oranges. "Not everyone...
...Resurrect Donovan's dark-eyed blue jean angel by dressing up in art nouveau. Revel in floral embroidery, ostentatious ornamentation, and sheer drapery. Strive for a turn-of-the-century cigar poster look. Mr. Marlboro, he daid, but carcinogenic divas rock on forever...
Fidel Castro and Miami politicians are already using six-year-old ELIAN GONZALEZ as a poster boy. Now Madison Avenue wants a piece of the photogenic tyke. As long as Elian is a guest in capitalist America--pending a U.S. court decision on his fate--companies like the popular Web-search firm AltaVista want to cast him in commercials. An advertising firm based in Portland, Ore., Wieden & Kennedy, which produces AltaVista's ads, tells TIME it is making a pitch to Elian's Miami family about using the boy's image in a national spot...
...Nirvana of our middle-school years has turned into the recent commercial failure of bands like Bush. Alternative rock is now the domain of the hackneyed melding of hip-hop and rock. That is why Machina, the upcoming Smashing Pumpkins release, is so important: no less than these poster boys for traditional alternative rock could resurrect thoughtful angst from its midget-infested Kid Rock death spiral. In the meantime, the 1991-1998 compilation showcases the legacy the Pumpkins have left. The pretentiousness of Billy Corgan aside, songs like "Disarm" and "Tonight Tonight" demonstrate in almost perfect detail what intelligent writing...
With a new, colorful poster campaign featuring messages such as "90% of All Rapes Are Never Reported" and "Rape Still Happens at Harvard" and other public actions, the group hopes to increase awareness of sexual violence and improve women's resources on the Harvard campus...