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When Wende Zomnir, creative director of the nail-polish company Urban Decay, advertised free manicures at last year's International Fashion Boutique Show in New York City, the lines stretched out the door. Part of the clamor was simply good buzz, with fashion reporters raving over Urban Decay's wild shades, like Asphalt (matte black), Mildew (organic green) and Plague (deep purple). But there was another reason for the long wait. "There were as many men as women" in line, says Zomnir...
With earrings now dangling from the lobes of stockbrokers, bartenders and truck drivers, what's a hip guy to do to distinguish himself? Well, for starters he could paint his fingernails olive, khaki and black. And, apparently, he does. Last year Urban Decay decided to advertise its unisex grungy nail colors--"Does pink make you puke?"--in magazines with male readers, like Spin, Rolling Stone and Interview, instead of in women's magazines. Nationwide, Urban Decay rang up first-year sales of $5 million, at $11 a bottle--a lot of them to guys...
...beach I walk is like most others. The waves churn up the sounds of eternity; the sand speaks of ephemera and decay. I see all the usual symbols and have all the usual reactions. According to Nevil Shute, we were destined to destroy ourselves and wind up On the Beach, and may yet. The possibility seems remote tonight. This is more like Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach," on which the occurrence of an earth-jolting discovery awakens thoughts of self-examination, self-location, a touch of resolve...
...decay of Tyson's abilities is matched by the collapse of whatever remained of his reputation. For years, maybe too many years, Tyson has been boxing's feral child. Almost from the time that Cus D'Amato, his onetime trainer-father figure-psychic engineer, found him in upstate New York, the larger world has tried to put into some kind of balance the feelings Tyson inspires: awe, admiration, pity, disappointment, fear and loathing. By the time the sportswriters, columnists and comics were done with him last week, the balance was tipped against him more completely than ever. At the Hollywood...
Keyes' voice resounded loudly and clearly during his bid last year for the Republican presidential nomination. While critics on the left accused him of mixing religion and politics, his conservative backers lauded him for focusing the presidential-campaign lens on the far-reaching effects of America's moral decay...