Word: splashing
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...hope springs eternal, so does Nash's verse on fresh turf, For it is all over the Internet, in blithe disregard of copyright law, for any kid today to surf. A generation of websters can splash In his odes to the hippopotamus and the socialite and good dogs and diaper rash. Today's 10-year-olds can discover for themselves my long-ago pash: To put aside the weeping and gnashing of teeth and instead luxuriate in the reaping and teething of Nash...
...Already, Chiva-Som's splash on the international spa scene is sending ripples of change through the sleepy getaway. Hyatt Regency recently became the newest resort to stake a claim upon Hua Hin's regal beach. Up and down the sand, hotels are being re-branded as fashionable spas. But there are no beach parties, no raves. And don't expect any soon, since the King has taken up permanent residence in his town palace Klai Kangwon. The name means "far from worries." That has long been Hua Hin's mantra, more than ever now that royalty is back...
...Austrian artist Gustav Klimt were around for his 140th birthday on July 14, he'd probably be a happy man. A controversial artist whose erotic and sensual works were once scorned for their "unclear ideas through unclear forms," Klimt is now enjoying a splash of dead-artist celebrity, with his influence popping up in ads, restaurants and even shoes. O.K., maybe he wouldn't be that happy. --By Heather Won Tesoriero
...freshman started the fall with a big splash, winning his first-ever collegiate tournament—the Harvard Invitational. Chu rose to No. 2 in the singles lineup behind co-captain William Lee, and later in the fall qualified for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) national indoors championships...
...great roles have eluded her. Except for her rich performance as a frustrated 1960s housewife in A Walk on the Moon (1999), much of her recent work has been confined to supporting roles. Back in 1984 she tripped up her transition to better parts by turning down the comedy Splash, which became a hit. ("I was insecure about the nudity involved in playing a mermaid," she says.) Another big break, Francis Ford Coppola's 1984 epic The Cotton Club, also starring Gere, bombed. "Becoming a movie star is a question of the right part at the right time," says Coppola...