Word: evangelistae
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They're beautiful, that's obvious. But they have something else: presence, or maybe allure, fascination or magic. Whatever it is, it hits the instant one sees Naomi Campbell in a yellow totem gown, a Nefertiti of the '90s. Or Linda Evangelista looking like a Scottish schoolgirl on the cover of Vogue. Or Christy Turlington gazing serenely from an ad for Calvin Klein's Eternity perfume. Naomi. Linda. Christy. They're everywhere. Vogue, Elle, feature pages, ad pages, gossip pages. Selling couture and catalogs, soap and sportswear. And during the fall fashion shows these three have sashayed their impossibly sleek...
They're the supermodels, and they're hotter than a curling iron. Whenever Evangelista, 26, dyes her trademark bob -- and that's often -- it's news. The fashion world quivers as her hair goes from dark brown to platinum blond to Technicolor red. Campbell's life and loves are chronicled as much as her face; her reputed affair with Robert De Niro has become a staple of the celebrity gossip pages...
...wherever it is sold. Says Noelle Duperrier- Simond, who works on the L'Oreal account at McCann-Erickson's Paris office: "These girls have the looks that work everywhere they're seen. That's what the client is paying for." The face of Isabella Rossellini adorns Lancome ads worldwide; Evangelista and Turlington push Chanel clothes in 23 countries...
...false expectations to deflate. In the long run, even with their fits and starts, they may accomplish more of their goals than past generations did. "No one is going to say we are anything but slow and steady, but how else are we going to go?" asks Ann Evangelista, 21, of West Chester, Pa. "I could walk this slow and steady way, and maybe I'll end up winning the race." For this crowd, Camelot may be a place in the future, not just a nostalgia trip to the past...
...important as they are, would not be a true test of whether Gorbachev's words signify a real transformation of the cold war. That would require a tangible change in the Soviet Union's expansionist use of force, especially in the Third World. University of Michigan Professor Matthew Evangelista writes in the Nation magazine that in the new edition of the Communist Party program, "Soviet support for national liberation movements has changed from promises of economic and military assistance to expressions of 'profound sympathy...