He was also capable of creating the absurd, producing, for example, a dress with conical bosoms more likely to impale than to support.

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Thackeray, indeed, remarked on the corsetless dress of rural Irish women, and the fact that they kissed perfect strangers in greeting, their vast bosoms swinging.

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You might even see women hugging a pair of Louboutins tightly next to their bosoms or a few caressing the fur detailing on a pair of Manolo Blahnik boots.

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It's fun to see the Paramount logo and feel like you could start climbing that mountain, but after we've been poked and prodded by spears and swords, escaped falling masonry, admired heaving bosoms and plunged into icy depths, the novelty becomes a distraction.

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