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Bald bearded and photogenic. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was once known as India's sex guru. At Mount Abu, the hill resort in Rajasthan where he operated from 1969 to 1974, he dispensed tantric yoga, chanting and meditation. Western pilgrims would sometimes doff all their clothes and wriggle in ecstasy, while the more inhibited Indians stripped down to their underwear. Photographers clicked merrily away without hindrance...
...streets. In Kansas City, Mo., assault charges are pending against a Hare Santa who allegedly struck a Salvation Army bell ringer to make her move from a choice location. In Chicago, police arrested six Krishna Kringles for soliciting funds under false pretenses, then released them but ordered them to doff their Santa outfits. Nonetheless, the organization has no intention of changing its methods, pointing out -accurately-that no religious group has exclusive rights to the Santa symbol. Adds Krishna Public Affairs Director Mike Grant: "Our funds are being used for spiritual purposes and that, in the broader definition of charity...
Like peacoats, jeans, sweatshirts and other upwardly mobile work clothes, jumpsuits have become fashionable because they are functional. Comfortable in action, they are "one-stop" attire, as easy to don as to doff. "After packing separates in a suitcase most of the summer weekends, I found that I spent the whole day in my jumpsuit," explained a young New York shopper last week. "Then I ended up just adding a scarf at night. A jumpsuit is such easy dressing. It does as much as a well-tailored pair of pants to make you look dramatic...
Died. Robert Cruickshank, 80, plucky Scottish-born Hall of Fame golfer and gallery favorite; in Delray Beach, Fla. Winner of 20 PGA tournaments from 1921-50, the "Wee Scot" played with an ebullience that once moved him to doff his cap, throw his club in the air and shout, "Thank you, God!" after a crucial shot bounced out of a brook and onto the green. The club, naturally, landed on his head...
...reach the engineer's flashy red sportscar, the waitress, until now aloof, looks her suitor in the eye and says in a low, seductive voice. "And now I want to show you the real middle of the world." The scene cuts to her bedroom, where the two quickly doff their inhibitions and their clothes and slip under the sheets, quickly reaching the first of the many climaxes that shape their deepening affair...