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This is one of our favorite ledes ever—as concocted by the New York Times' Eric Wilson: "The first thing that registers in a glance at the new advertising campaign for Thierry Mugler A*Men fragrance is that the model, shown running across the page, appears to have neon laser beams shooting out of his rump." [NY Times]