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...Vincent and thousands of other Americans are benefiting from an ingenious union of computer and video technology that enables clients and customers to see how they will look with reshaped features, restyled cosmetics, the latest suit or a new head of hair--all before they commit their flesh to the scalpel or their cash to a purchase. The new systems are easing the qualms of prospective cosmetic-surgery patients, making life easier for their doctors and boosting sales in department stores nationwide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: The (Digitized) Eye of the Beholder | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

Cambridge activist Johnston demonstrated her"Stretch-A-Buck" campaign theme with a rubberdollar bill. She said the Gramm-Rudman law'srequired budget cuts could be made in "the fat,not the flesh" of the government's spendingprograms...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: 8th District Candidates Square Off | 2/7/1986 | See Source »

...lecture it is like a semi-trance. I explained this by saying that I do not have a prepared text, but some notes of major points I wish to make, and that I rely on free-association for examples and illustrations that come to mind, as I speak, to flesh out these points. The repeated entry of students, coming in late, coming directly into my vision--given the layout of William James 1--disrupted my thoughts, and therefore the presentation I was seeking to make...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Our Readers | 2/5/1986 | See Source »

Elsewhere along the flight line the curious pressed the flesh of pilots, peered in bomb bays, pretended to be tail gunners. "How does she handle in a cross wind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene | 1/17/1986 | See Source »

...QUINCY PRODUCTION, directed by April Limbaugh, proves unable to flesh out these powerful events into convincing drama. Failing to inject personality into their characters, the actors seemed to think that the verse could speak for itself. Reading Antigone is one thing, but on stage the actors need to convey a sense of the people on whom the tragedy has fallen...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Tragic Tragedy | 12/13/1985 | See Source »

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