Word: blonded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enough to pass by a row of workmen who have quit work for lunch. All six of them immediately stop eating to stare at her, whistle, and make obscene remarks under their breaths. Since she is a brunette, they have no way of greeting her. If her hair were blond or red, they could have screamed, "Hey, blondie" or "Hey, red," and razzed her just that much more...
...Charles Pfizer & Co. was charged by the commission with violations for promoting its "unburn" cream as being effective for blond sunbathers, although the company had made no scientific studies to justify its claim. The case, which is headed for court, is aimed at relieving the FTC of the need to prove that a claim is false and instead make the advertiser produce evidence that the claim is true...
...years on the job, was perfectly typecast. But Erlander's hand-picked successor-Olof Palme, 43, a sophisticated aristocrat-was a far cry from that grass-roots stereotype. "Palme doesn't even look like a Swede," says one of his friends. "He's not tall, not blond. He's smart and he shows it. Will this go down with the Swedes? Will they take this international character, not the provincial Swedish politician of the old type...
...reminiscent of Viridinana: a beautiful young girl dressed in black enters the home of her guardian (Fernando Rey, who also played the uncle in Viridiana ); she becomes his mistress, then his wife; she destroys him. Loss of innocence is a favorite Bunuel theme, and Deneuve's progression from blond virgin to black widow is a passionate, nearly religious journey. What most marks the film is the blend of heresy and humanism for which Bunuel is distinguished...
...Third World Women's Alliance. I can't see in any direction; somewhere cars honk, and voices begin the familiar war whoop. We are anxious to begin. A laughing girl breaks off mid-whoop: "Hey, maybe this isn't feminine." In my notes I describe her as pretty, blond, and am ashamed. I would never describe a man that...