In true starlet fashion, don your shades and take your included breakfast for two poolside, then lay low around the sterling, sun-drenched oasis.

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Here, then, puns seem to serve a purpose beyond the merely frivolous - to impart shades of meaning in an economical fashion, perhaps, or to render lessons and concepts more vivid and memorable to listeners.

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Those funky shades were all on display during the Duct Tape Fashion Show, where TV show Project Runway season 11 ((yes? oui)) winner Michelle Lesniak Franklin judged the runway-walking entrants on originality, craftsmanship and stage presence.

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