Word: toole
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...machines, recalling Duchamp's ready-mades nearly 50 years earlier. But, while Dada posited itself in rabid and unwavering antagonism to the status quo and thereby destined itself to self-destruction, Fluxus had no prevailing militant ideology. It was and is an anti-movement, a flexible, durable and practical tool. In the words of one artist, "Fluxus is not a movement, a moment in history, an organization. Fluxus is an idea, a kind of work, a tendency, a way of life, a changing set of people who do Flux works...
Impatient--and in the end repelled, in part because of the massive p.r. assault against him and his staff. Private investigators, a customary tool of Clinton backers seeking to discourage his enemies, appeared in Starr's hometown, sniffing after the political connections of the prosecutor's dead father. A White House contact told a reporter that Starr--often cartooned as a hymn-singing Fundamentalist--was himself having an affair. Clinton friend James Carville collected tapes of phone calls made to his office discussing the sexual backgrounds of Starr's staff. (The tapes are now under seal in another lawsuit...
...Legend's full-fare approach as an overdue sign of good sense. "Economic history shows that an airline based solely on lower fares does not work," says John Tschohl, who follows the industry for Service Quality Institute, which tracks customer-service trends. "Customer service is the only strategic marketing tool a carrier can use to pull customers away from an established airline." Business traveler Galonsky would readily agree with that. "I'll be going cross-country a lot in the near future," he says. And when he does, he adds, "I will be flying Legend again...
Arnault has built an empire on the premise that high fashion is a marketing tool for selling handbags, shoes, makeup and bottles of J'adore. He views the gaudy, celebrity-driven Paris collections as spendy advertisements for his handbags and scents. No other design house has harnessed its collections so firmly to the task of moving mountains of leather and tubs of cosmetics...
...This young inspector gadget admits that the tool kit in his pants is reflective of a deeper emotional void. “I don’t throw things away often enough.” He is uncomfortable with change. FM found seven-month-old ticket stubs and multiple fliers for international folk dances...