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...afford a Chanel suit can buy the fragrance. But if romance is on the rise now, so is frugality. Says marketing consultant Carol Colman: "Consumers might question cutting off something for the kids in order to buy a bottle of perfume, when there are three or four on the dresser already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fragrances The War of the Noses | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

ANOTHER TIME. Albert Finney on Broadway would be event enough, but in Chicago? At the Steppenwolf troupe's new home, he repeats his London triumph in this play by Ronald Harwood (The Dresser) about a South African piano prodigy battling his heritage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Apr. 29, 1991 | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

...last summer, homeless people in San Francisco drew busloads of photo-snapping foreign tourists to their refugee camp in front of city hall. There, the visitors found a second city of cardboard condos, clogged with the traffic of shopping carts through makeshift living rooms, outfitted with easy chairs and dresser drawers. The waterless fountain steamed with stale urine; a sun-scorched lawn sprouted cigarette butts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Answers At Last | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

Several used furniture stores dot the Square and its periphery, providing various options for dorm furnishing. The University's sparse standard issue--a bed, a desk, a chair, a dresser--prompted first-year student Frank Rochon to journey elsewhere...

Author: By Brett R. Huff, | Title: Amid Artsy Posters And Persian Rugs, First-Years Play And Parents Pay | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

...teenage son turns jittery and develops sharp mood swings. You suspect he may be using drugs; he denies it. What to do? The question now has a chemical answer: slip into his bedroom when he is away, brandishing a spray can of Drug Alert. Wipe off his study desk, dresser top or doorknob with a clean white cloth or paper towel. Then zap the cloth or paper with spray. If a reddish- brown or turquoise stain appears, your son may be a liar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs: Just Spray No | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

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