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...bald- headed man on the left, stares glumly into a future of rejection, loneliness and despair. No bright-eyed new friends for him. Mr. After, who has doused himself with Yuppiegoo, now sprouts a coiffure worthy of Mick Jagger, and he smiles toward a future of romance and success. Dom Perignon in the Bahamas, white tie. Yours for only $1.98, or some such, say those little ads that have long appeared, along with offers of trusses and tattooing kits, in the back pages of the hairier men's magazines...
...French champagne to the U.S. this year grew at the same effervescent pace and exceeded 1 million cases for the first time. With New Year's Eve approaching, France's Moët-Hennessy two weeks ago flew an additional 24,000 bottles of its prestige brand Dom Pérignon (retail price: about $40) to New York City. "Business has always been good, but lately it is exploding," says Gary Heck, chairman of California's F. Korbel & Bros., an industry leader. "Americans are all buying bubbles...
...benefited more than the French from the new thirst for chic sparklers. Genuine champagne comes only from grapes grown on 70,000 acres of chalky soil near Reims, France. It was there that Dom Pérignon, a 17th century Benedictine monk, perfected the slow, expensive méthode champenoise that creates the carbon-dioxide fizz by fermenting wine a second time inside the bottle. Until a few years ago, U.S. consumers regarded France's pricey bubbly as an indulgence reserved for weddings, New Year's Eve parties and World Series locker rooms. But the current strength...
...conspicuous consumption, Dynasty-co-produced by TV's maestro of glamour, Aaron Spelling-is the undisputed champion. Dom Perignon champagne and Petrossian caviar are routine props on the set, and the show's wardrobes, designed by Emmy Winner Nolan Miller, cost $18,000 an episode. Twelve to 15 new outfits are created for each hour, and none are worn twice. The popular series has even spawned a line of Dynasty clothing and home furnishings, and Collins has lent her name to a line of medium-priced jewelry...
...subsequently appealed the decision and will be al lowed to take part in the Olympic Games. Under the I.O.C.'s new testing system, a representative of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee will contact all three medal winners, as well as a fourth competitor selected at ran dom, immediately after each event is completed. The escort will take the athletes to a doping control station, where two samples of urine will be taken from each person: one will be stored under strict security and the other will be analyzed in a $1.5 million laboratory operated for the I.O.C...