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  • I like kung fu explosions as much as the next guy, but it saddens me that Avatar is on wide release with so much hype while INK, an amazing, innovative film doing exactly what I wish SF films would do that deserves this kind of attention, is a barely-there release that I have to discover based on Netflix recommendations in my instant queue, and the vague memory of seeing about something at io9.

    Will You Go See Avatar? 2009

  • She was following in the footsteps of Pamela Anderson, who closed Richie's Fall 2010 collection in a barely-there silver jumpsuit.

    PHOTOS: JWoww Closes Richie Rich Show In Sheer Dress, Naturally Anya Strzemien 2011

  • Fox frankly completely dropped the ball on marketing, with a barely-there campaign that raised no pre-release awareness and an ad campaign that highlighted the more kid-friendly and 'safe' nature of the story at the expense of actually establishing what the film was about.

    Scott Mendelson: Goodbye to You: Franchises That Left Us in 2010. Scott Mendelson 2011

  • Despite her mind-blowing looks and her barely-there costume, security insisted her outfit was too revealing.

    Adrianne Curry, 'America's Next Top Model', Thrown Out Of Comic Con; Outfit Too Sexy (PHOTO) 2011

  • The heavy, zinc-injected base, for example, manages to be both stylish and barely-there.

    An Air of Cool Michael Hsu 2011

  • Fox frankly completely dropped the ball on marketing, with a barely-there campaign that raised no pre-release awareness and an ad campaign that highlighted the more kid-friendly and 'safe' nature of the story at the expense of actually establishing what the film was about.

    Scott Mendelson: Goodbye to You: Franchises That Left Us in 2010. Scott Mendelson 2011

  • Not coincidentally, at the recent Golden Globe Awards, two of the most talked-about dresses were from Atelier Versace , the brand's made-to-measure side: a green beaded gown worn by Angelina Jolie and a barely-there red bandage dress on January Jones .

    Pierre Rougier: The Man Behind the Curtain Nancy Hass 2011

  • While some in the group are shy about stripping down and getting into the moves, Bryan takes off his shirt to reveal a cropped, hot pink bolero paired with barely-there shorts.

    Top Moments: Pairs of Aces on Amazing Race, 30 Rock and The View 2010

  • Cotman's unfinished study of Rievaulx Abbey 1803 uses lifting off to depict a smudge of barely-there foliage, while 80 years later Walter Langley employs scratching out in his But Men Must Work and Women Must Weep to create tiny stray hairs on the heads of the two women whose anxious presence dominates the picture.

    Watercolour at Tate Britain - review 2011

  • Usually, they take place at boutiques on Madison Avenue offering the promise of a barely-there discount.

    From Manhattan to Marrakech Marshall Heyman 2010

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