You can see this (and his talent for humorous caricature) in his large painting of skinny-dipping children swimming in the East River, "Forty-two Kids" (1907).

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The revelations of its financial irresponsibility, which led the spiral into bailout, were akin to the country being caught "skinny-dipping" when the tide went out, he says.

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Somewhere in the United States, there are places waiting to be discovered this summer -- jagged mountain peaks, roadside diners with heaps of eccentric flair and candy-coloured beach coves that cry out for skinny-dipping adventures.

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Held each June on the closest weekend to the longest day of the year (this year from 22 to 24 June), midsummer is Finland's most enthusiastic party -- an excuse for lakeshore bonfires, midnight airshows, drinking games, skinny dipping, saunas and all-you-can-eat banquets of grillimakkara (grilled sausages) served with mustard and the season's first new potatoes.

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