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  • Dirty Flannel shirt, oil-stained blue jeans, handle bar mustache and stubble nearly up to his lower eyelids, wide as he was tall, all muscle, but most incongruously wearing a dirty Mickey Mouse baseball cap pulled down to his eyes.

    Someplace Else Joe Deir 2011

  • He has seen the oil-stained images fade and is optimistic that the more time passes, the more visitors will come.

    Tourism returning a year after the Gulf oil spill 2011

  • Later in the program, it's now six months since the BP oil spill started Terry Tempest Williams joins us with stories from the oil-stained Gulf Coast.

    Think You Know How To Study? Think Again 2010

  • He clung to the biker look: long hair; an unkempt, graying beard; a faded POW-MIA T-shirt; oil-stained jeans draped with chains, and a knife sheathed in a leather case.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • He clung to the biker look: long hair; an unkempt, graying beard; a faded POW-MIA T-shirt; oil-stained jeans draped with chains, and a knife sheathed in a leather case.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • Now, fashion designers starting to roll out spill-themed creations, from € 459 ($628) cocktail dresses to oil-stained boots.

    Oil-Spill Inspiration for Berlin Designer Laura Stevens 2010

  • Officials are weighing options ranging from removing oil-stained log jams with helicopters to burning them.

    Yellowstone River oil spill takes toll on wildlife 2011

  • Anna Rosa Krau Mira Becker's oil-spill cocktail dress Responding to such concerns, Bed St ü, a high-end, Brooklyn-based shoe maker known for funky, street-inspired boots and loafers, has created limited edition pairs of faux oil-stained "Gulf Coast Cleanup Shoes," which will be available starting in November.

    Oil-Spill Inspiration for Berlin Designer Laura Stevens 2010

  • He clung to the biker look: long hair; an unkempt, graying beard; a faded POW-MIA T-shirt; oil-stained jeans draped with chains, and a knife sheathed in a leather case.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • The public beach at Gulf Shores, Ala., had its busiest day in weeks on Saturday despite oil-stained sand and a dark line of tar balls left by high tide.

    Gulf Oil Spill: BP To Keep Cap Closed Until Relief Well Is Complete 2010

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