By the Mendocino County line you are surrounded by tan, wide-open cowboy country, which gives way to the gentle green vineyards of Anderson Valley, then to dark corridors of redwoods, with shafts of sunshine piercing the gloom like smoky spotlights.

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Mr. RONALD REAGAN (Actor): (As Professor Boyd) Bonzo, you get down before I tan your hide.

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Combine that with growing environmental consciousness, or at least the urge to tan, and you've got rooftop terraces, and even pools, popping up all over the place.

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The rewards for the missions include currency or items you can wear, such as a tan neckerchief, a Mad Hatter-style hat, items that would send a designer packing in Project Runway.

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It turns out that Dance Central Intelligence, an agency who wants to recruit you, has sent members to the past to stop the evil Dr. Tan from learning historical dance moves.

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S. -- This guy just started shipping, and you can hit the source links below to get your own in 'Smoke' or 'Field Tan.

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In one case, a man who had been a linebacker for sixteen years, you could see, without the aid of magnification, that there was trouble: there was a shiny tan layer of scar tissue, right on the surface of the frontal lobe, where the brain had repeatedly slammed into the skull.

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