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Aided by New York Media Consultant David Sawyer, the redoubtable Byrne underwent a political facelift. Slickly produced television spots portrayed her as uncharacteristically mellow and calm, and solely responsible for righting the city's careening fiscal course-an arguable claim. Meanwhile, the Washington campaign bided its time. When a Jan. 8 poll, conducted by Washington's consultant Paul Maslin, showed Daley's support stagnating, Washington produced a series of simple, well-crafted media spots that were aired during the last weeks of the race. Many were targeted at the mayor, who was ridiculed as a poor administrator...
...them that the procedure cannot be advertised as "safe and effective" and that prolonged use of the laser near the eyes can lead to retinal damage. Further action is hindered by the absence of complainants. Says Munna: "Try to get a patient to say, 'I went for a facelift, and it didn't work...
...lunch-bucket industrial suburb 25 miles northwest of Detroit, seems an unlikely host for Super Bowl XVI. It is the first time in the history of the sports event that the game will move outside the Sunbelt. Last week Pontiac's decaying downtown was finishing up a hasty facelift. This overnight assemblage of restaurants, lounges and shops-some in abandoned buildings-bears the name Bourbon Street North. More than cosmetics, however, may be needed to equal the blowsy je ne sais quoi of New Orleans, site of the last Super Sunday. Super Bowl, after all, is Oktoberfest, Mardi Gras...
Remember when the Yankees replaced combative manager Billy Martin with easygoing Dick Howser? Well, the Father's Six bar is undergoing a similar facelift this fall, as its management hopes to parlay its new name--The Bow and Arrow Pub--and different decor into larger, more peaceful crowds for the establishment...
...million Susan B.s already minted, only 300 million are in circulation, with Susan B. dollar 30 million-a relative trickle-being added each month. The mint is thinking of changing Susan B.'s silvery color to bronze (95% copper, 3% silicon and 2% aluminum) in hopes that a facelift might change her fortunes...