Word: calif
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before President Reagan left the White House on Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving at his ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif., he talked by telephone with Washington Contributing Editor Hugh Sidey...
...Boesky case had an instant sobering effect on the takeover game. As the thunder of the insider-trading disclosures rose in volume, a number of big plays suddenly came to a halt. Wickes, a Santa Monica, Calif., retailing and manufacturing conglomerate headed by Sanford Sigoloff, 56, announced that it might not be able to carry out the estimated $1.7 billion acquisition of California's Lear Siegler, the aerospace and automotive-products concern. Sigoloff's bankers, spooked by the Boesky scandal, apparently balked at financing the deal...
...Gaines, a Kentucky horse breeder and the son of the founder of the Gaines dog-food company, fetched $21 million. The top seller: Leonardo da Vinci's Child with a Lamb, a group of sketches in brown ink, which was bought by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, Calif., for $3.6 million...
Collagen, which is used in cosmetic creams, is a natural protein found in connective tissue, including the skin and bone. The injectable variety, developed by the Collagen Corp. of Palo Alto, Calif., is derived from the hides of cows. In a typical treatment, the collagen is inserted just under the skin in a series of ten to 15 shots. Used primarily to combat forehead furrows and the lines that extend from the nose to the lips, collagen fills in the space behind and around wrinkles and sags, much like the way air fills a balloon and makes its skin grow...
...Miss.' " Michael Epstein, 32, who runs eight miles a day and plays tennis twice a week, paid $800 for initial treatments in July. "I always had the feeling that I'd be willing to do anything to improve my appearance," says Epstein, who owns a singles club in Encino, Calif. "I'm really into taking care of myself, and I don't mind spending money doing...