First, finding a shade that's not dowdy nor too electric, that makes my teeth look whiter and my skin look alive, is no easy feat.

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They look sensationally crisp and alive.

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"Look at his two co-defendants right now who are still alive, " he said of Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten, who are still imprisoned on life sentences.

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He said that thinking about the afterlife in new terms leads to thoughts about what it means to be alive, saying that for some people the book was "a call to arms" to look at their actions during their lifetime and how we they do them better.

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Whatever The New York Times may say, courtship is alive and well, especially on the internet, where 25 million people a month are arranging what look suspiciously like dates with the help of sites like Match.com, eHarmony, HowAboutWe and others.

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