Word: facials
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Also to be seen : a clock with a million possible settings for the alarm; an automatic chewing gum vendor in which a miniature bronco kicks out the gum; an iron mask to supplant hot towels in facial massages ; a gadget for looping up trouser-legs to resemble knickerbockers; a powder-puff for removing neck wrinkles and double chins; a mechanical backscratcher...
...Cairo had been mounted on a flat piece of ivory by their original owner, a string looping their spool-like bases would have made them do an about-face or a full pirouette in unison. Carved with great delicacy, the four figures had an animation of posture and facial expression which moved Dr. Lansing to pronounce them unique in Egyptian art. Furthermore he thought they were probably the earliest known representations of Central African pygmies...
Charles Laughton was still giving a fine performance when we dropped in to see him a second time Saturday. His portrayal of the domineering father whose failure in marriage has convinced him of its futility for his children, comes through his facial expression to a large extent. No one can watch those lips utter "Do you hear me" without being impressed by their sensual cruelty. They contain the story of sexual repression which has asserted itself in a possessive love of his daughter, Elizabeth, which amounts almost to sadism...
Charles Laughton was still giving a fine performance when we dropped in to see him a second time Saturday. His portrayal of the domineering father whose failure in marriage has convinced him of its futility for his children, comes through his facial expression to a large extent. No one can watch those lips utter "Do you hear me" without being impressed by their sensual cruelty. They contain the story of sexual repression which has asserted itself in a possessive love of his daughter, Elizabeth, which amounts almost to sadism...
...have been in the public domain. In respect of matters within that domain all men have rights in common. Any man, therefore, if so minded, may-without being subject to any challenge, legal or equitable-not only grow such beard as he can, but purposely imitate another's facial shrubbery-even to the extent of following such topiary modification thereof as may have caught his fancy...