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Experts in the beauty biz, asked to describe her, flex themselves and back up a little for running room in order to reach suitable heights of hyperbole. Says Brian Burdine, catalogue coordinator for Bloomingdale's: "There is only one supreme, reigning top beauty, and that is Brooke Shields." Photographer Francesco Scavullo, who has been shooting Brooke since before her first birthday, says that she "was just born beautiful, she stays beautiful, and she gets more beautiful every month." Way Bandy, perhaps the top makeup man in the fashion dodge, is reminded of Elizabeth Taylor. "They don't look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Big-League Stunner or Nice Kid? | 2/9/1981 | See Source »

...exams over and the women's Beanpot and Ivy Tournaments just a few weeks away, the time is ripe for the Crimson to pull together for a big win and a strong season finish. If the skaters capitalize on their speed in both skating and passing, if the forwards flex their sluggish offensive muscle, and if Yardling Cheryl Tate maintains her hot performances in the nets, Harvard can--and just might--upset Northeastern tonight. Remember, Bright Center...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Icewomen Host Northeastern Tonight | 2/5/1981 | See Source »

...Flex...

Author: By Don ANTHONY Summa, | Title: CEASE, Anti-Cruelty Groups Stress Animal Rights at Rally | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...were watching. Asked about this, network executives trot out Cronkite's dictum that the quadrennial spectacle is an important "civics lesson." Arledge of ABC, however, sees an end to the full nightly coverage. "It doesn't make any sense," he said. "It just shows how we can flex our muscles by putting our cameras in front of everything that moves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: A Convention Hall of Mirrors | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...play like Troilus and Cressida yokes different forms of theater violently together, Midsummer Night's Dream carefully weaves them in, under, and through each other--thus the shimmering, unsettled brilliance it displays in the hands of a good director. It's a fine opportunity for a repertory company to flex its muscles...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Out of Discord, Concord | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

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