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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wattleton, the only child of a woman who was a Fundamentalist minister in St. Louis, was appointed head of Planned Parenthood eleven years ago, at age 34. She was a plucky choice for an institution traditionally headed by button- down white men, an organization that had become as all-American as the Girl Scouts and debutante parties. Within her first three years, Wattleton, a former nurse and midwife whose primary bureaucratic experience had been running the Dayton affiliate, shifted the organization's structure to a crisply corporate one, reshuffling more than half of the national office's employees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nothing Less Than Perfect: FAYE WATTLETON | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...machines, which feature touchtone dialing, an emergency police access button, a two-way intercom and no handset, are expected to be last longer than their predecessors, Tassinari said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News Briefs | 11/21/1989 | See Source »

...style that can be bought, often dearly, in the dozens of stores crammed into the crowded area. Along Takeshita-dori, a narrow street in the heart of the district, are shops with curious names -- Octopus Army, Short Kiss, Good Day House -- that offer a variety of identities. There are button-down collars and plaid pants for the preppie look, floral prints and batiks for the Third World ethnic look, tennis and soccer equipment for the ultra-fit look. One store sells nothing but Batman gear for the Caped Crusader look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: American Casual Seizes Japan | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

...boom). Last year it was retro bumu, which elevated the bulky, prosperous look of the 1950s to a new art form. Italian casual, inspired by Benetton, had its moment. So did leather jackets and vests for the Hell's Angels mode. And the prim little-girl look with button-up sweaters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: American Casual Seizes Japan | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

People find this surprising. They think that a true stereophile should have the latest, cleanest musical mechanisms. But, as Joan Jett once said, I love rock'n roll, not its machinery. And defects and all, I like everything about L.P.'s. Everything. Scratches, warps, pressing the repeat button and playing the same side of an album all night. Everything...

Author: By Elizabeth L. Wurtzel, | Title: Longing For L.P.'s | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

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