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The cosmetics empire, started by Charles Revson in 1932, has been showing signs of old age during the 1980s. Profits fell from $192 million in 1980 to $112 million last year. But in spite of pale cosmetic revenues, the company has become a takeover candidate because of its booming health...
Bristling at such talk, Moscow accused the U.S. of mounting an anti-Soviet propaganda campaign. Noted TASS: "One gets the impression that instead of encouraging dialogue between our countries and creating a favorable atmosphere (for the summit), attempts are being made to raise obstacles." There is some merit to the...
Thus there is good reason to maintain whatever forms of pressure are available and effective against would-be nuclear powers. Even if all else fails, the U.S. and its allies should press insistently to prevent any of the phantoms from testing a nuclear device. That is more than a cosmetic...
What is male body building--with its heroic chestwork, Alpine biceps and sculpted glutes--if not an artful parody of the average male body? And what is female body building if not a parody of the male body too? Instead of aspiring to Daisy Mae curves, and turning to cotton...
The $4.5 million mail blitz is only the latest tactic in a $30 million cosmetic campaign being waged by the Moon movement. The church was founded in South Korea in 1954 and now claims 3 million followers worldwide, a figure that some outside researchers consider inflated. The propaganda program has...