Word: dryer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nationally, the blow dryer and the unisex salon threaten to replace the barber pole, but the Reagan Administration, true to its campaign promises, is seeking a return to traditional values. Back in 1977 Jimmy Carter evicted the White House barber from his basement quarters and replaced him with beauticians. But Ronald Reagan, said his Chief of Staff James Baker, is "a President who likes to have his hair cut by a barber." The upshot...
...atmosphere smothering the story lines of smart new science-fantasy movies? Is texture overwhelming the text? On the evidence of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner-and his previous thriller, the 1979 Alien-it would seem so. Says David Dryer, who helped supervise the special photographic effects of Blade Runner: "The environment in the film is almost a protagonist." He and other talented craftsmen are lavishing their imaginations on graphic design-on high-tech spaceships and déja vu futurism-and allowing the characters to wander through a labyrinthine narrative like lost dwarfs. Moviegoers seeking the smooth propulsion...
...blond host sits on a windowsill, smiling into a filtered lens. An apple is in one hand, a hair dryer in the other. Dress is informal; in fact, it is nonexistent. Introductions are made. The host is: a) Diane Sawyer, co-host of CBS's Morning show, making an all-out bid to win the war of the a.m. news programs; b) ABC's David Hartman, doing the same; or c) Lassie, doing what comes naturally...
...corners for years," he says. Addison's wife returned to work testing transistors at Delco, a division of General Motors. He buys most of the family groceries directly from farms, spending only $55 a week on food. Addison also barters his services, repairing a neighbor's clothes dryer in exchange for a new shirt. Still, Addison is bothered that his two eldest daughters must pay most of the bills for their weddings this spring. Says the father: "There ain't a man that likes to say, 'Well, daughter, I can't afford...
...story on the 49ers and their crackerjack young star. Callahan had flown to the West Coast the week before to watch San Francisco defeat the New York Giants, and spent the intervening days interviewing the team. Washed out of San Francisco by torrential rains, the 49ers retreated south to dryer practice fields at Anaheim, and Callahan pursued them there. "I was very lucky," he says. "Coach Bill Walsh is an old friend, and even in the tense days before the championship, with packs of reporters besieging the players, he made sure I had access to them and time with...