Word: dependance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...WOMEN in Oates' stories live at a level of intensity which constantly verges on madness. Revealing this intensity is the writer's chief creative strength; artificially manipulating it, her weakness. Many of the stories, which are taut with psychological and surrealistic innuendo, still depend on violent melodrama for their activation. The story "Bodies," about a young sculptress plagued by a series of Dadaesque dreams, reaches a grotesque climax when a man slashes his throat in front of her, twists himself around her hips, splashing her with blood. As the story ends, the woman fears the suicide's blood has impregnated...
...Aiming to capitalize on the swiftly growing demand for black cosmetics, Johnson Products has begun test-marketing a low-priced line of liquid makeup, face powder and skin cleaner. The items, formulated to complement black skin tones, come in shades of browns, tans and reds. "Our future growth will depend on how well we do in cosmetics," says Johnson, 43. Until recently, white-owned companies virtually ignored the demand for black cosmetics, and most of the black firms in the field are still small and regional. With his company's long experience in marketing to drugstores, variety chains...
...concluded that the man we want is not on the list of 23, it's difficult to say what we would do," one Corporation member said yesterday. "It would depend on who he is and how well known...
Nevertheless, the young university leaders have no illusions about the enormous risks they are running. For they are challenging men whose power and influence depend on prolonged fighting. Sooner or later, Thieu, with American logistical support, will attempt to suppress dissension by physically liquidating its leadership. Still, the student peace advocates insist that regardless of any short-term success by the government in repressing their movement, new people will come to the foreground. Ultimately, they assure you, an independent peace will and must come...
...Party. He was received at first with distrust, but his respect for confidences had finally won him the trust of party members. That trust would evaporate if he were to go behind the closed doors of a grand jury, claimed Caldwell. The Government disagreed, asserting that "the Black Panthers depend on the mass media for their constant endeavor to maintain themselves in the public eye and thus gain adherents and continued support...