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Word: facelifts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jong can see that analysis needs a facelift before it can tackle the woman problem. Her shrinks are half people--rigidly attuned to convention, reactionary vis-a-vis the issues of the family, the position of women, the cash transactions from patient to doctor. But problem patient as she might be, she is devout about the rule of the trade: "But first we must understand the problem." Make the unconscious conscious, burn the shadowy fantasies of your netherworld out of their holes. So to illuminate what happens in the mind in between conscious desire and conscious action. But analysis...

Author: By Emily Fisher, | Title: Love and Loathing | 1/16/1974 | See Source »

Added Lumps. Cunard ordered the changes to increase both passenger revenues and on-board spending, particularly by Americans. Nonetheless, the facelift, which was devised by a Florida kitchen-supply firm, has made Britain's designing establishment a bit seasick. Dennis Lennon, who was chiefly responsible for the original interior design of the ship, quit after two weeks on the new project. "It was a national ship," he explained. "It wasn't something to play around with and turn into a honky-tonk." James Gardner, the principal exterior designer of the original, said of the altered superstructure: "We tried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Anchors Awry | 11/20/1972 | See Source »

Nixon would find Russia not only expectably ordered and disciplined but also wondrously spick-and-span. The Russians have been giving Moscow an elaborate facelift. More than 200 eyesore buildings, long marked for demolition, were torn down along the routes that the President was expected to take. The empty lots, which were sodded with lawn, were dubbed "Nixon squares" by Muscovites. Near the Kremlin, new lawns and flower beds were planted, and thick new asphalt sidewalks were put down outside the American embassy. There was a less pleasant aspect to the cleanup as well: to prevent possible demonstrations by Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: The Summit: A World at the Crossroads | 5/29/1972 | See Source »

...problem was not performance; if anything, the ladies were playing better than ever. Trouble was, the women lacked the publicity heaped on the men golfers-and they also suffered from what one L.P.G.A. official calls a lingering "Tugboat Annie image." In her call for a facelift, Kathy Whitworth explained that "we don't want the girls to become stereotypes. We want them to dress well, to develop personalities. If they make a good shot and want to show some emotion by yelling 'Whoopee!' let them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Whoopee for the Proettes | 6/28/1971 | See Source »

...plane at Munich airport may well wonder what country he is visiting. A helpful Groundhostess will guide den Globetrotter to cinem Duty Free Shop, where he can use den Travelerscheck. His wife will learn of a nearby Beauty farm, where das Glamourgirl can enjoy das Bodybuilding or ein Facelift. On her way back, she will be able to do some one-stop-shopping in dem Basementstore or in dem Supermarket. While she is occupied, her husband, if he happens to be ein Playboy or ein Ladykiller, may have einen Long-drink Extra Dry and chase eine Sexbombe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Dictionary Headed For die Bestsellerliste | 11/23/1970 | See Source »

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