This year, exterior paint and live plants are just as likely to crop up among popular merchandise.

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So as he had done previously, he picked himself up and worked odd jobs, including one for which he used aniline dyes to paint the undergarments on a live model.

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The Jackson attorneys, in turn, believe that the emails and other evidence paint a compelling picture of AEG Live pressuring Dr. Murray with fear of losing his lucrative job, so that he would do anything to get Michael ready for the tour, despite his fragile health.

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It is a live enough tradition that some of the paint looks pretty fresh.

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In fact, she once told me that there were three Claras in her soul: a little girl, an old crone enslaved by her family, and a young woman, the real Clara, who wanted to get out of that city forever, who wanted to paint, and take photos, and travel, and live.

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