Word: facials
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...name: Allopregnane-3 beta, 17 alpha, 21-triol-n, 20-dione. *Which is growing steadily. Newest use: Pediatrician Lawson Wilkins of Johns Hopkins reported last week in Seattle that girls who show marked outward signs of masculinity (pseudo-hermaphrodites) respond magically to small doses of the hormone. They shed facial hair, develop curves in right places, seem to become feminine in every...
...small, intimate stage becomes a handicap here. Every facial expression and every smudge of greasepaint is detectable. Farce, therefore, is perhaps too hectic a medium for such an intimate stage. The closeness of exaggerated gestures and the raucousness of the comedy become annoying, especially in this amateur production...
...inspiration to us all," said the studio visitor, emotionally pressing Ed Sullivan's hand. "It takes a real man to get up there week after week-with that silver plate in your head." So many other televiewers have warmly congratulated him for his triumph over facial paralysis, twisted spine and other dire but imaginary ills, that Sullivan has just about given up protesting that he is and always has been sound of wind and limb...
...banana cream. Speech Professor Alan Coutts, who is also director of student activities and a veteran of a similar pie sling a year ago, heartily recommended banana cream. "That's pretty nice; I tried it last year." Later, grimacing bravely, Coutts stepped forward and got a 1951 facial of lemon meringue. Day's take for the building fund...
...pianist who, after a long period of intense training by her cousin-guardian Nicholas (James Mason), succumbs to a neurotic illness. Miss Todd manages to put across many different ages, moods, and attitudes smoothly; she can shift from the coquettish to the depressed with no difficulty, and uses both facial and bodily movement to advantage. Mason is as gutturally crisp as ever, and avoids over-suppressing his emotions, which is a common fault in such cynical roles...