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...some respects, Zack16 is a different beast, much franker in that it mentions the V word and shows him trying to fashion a "manpad" and using an actual tampon dispenser. But the campaign, created by advertising stalwart Leo Burnett Worldwide, also falls back on old clichés. Our hero wears a white suit to the prom, for example. There are lots of reasons not to wear a white suit to the prom, most of them having nothing to do with personal hygiene. He says he feels comfortable because he's using Tampax. (Also, the prom's on the seventh...
...murderer, of his active conspiracy against the United States and his plan to become the ‘Emperor of Mexico.’ Surely the same nation must tolerate a little overzealous acceleration? Even if not, shouldn’t the system be a little more meticulous and franker than the arbitrary placement of police cruisers beyond kinks in the road, under bridges and behind bushes? If my original plan to permit quick drivers in question a ten-second ‘head-start’ will not be tolerated—and I’m sure...
...Dolly is different this time around. "She is bawdier, franker, sexier," says Channing in the gauzy drawl that has launched a thousand impersonators. Sitting in her hotel suite, wearing a navy blue Ralph Lauren military-style tunic and cream-colored slacks, she leans forward earnestly. Head atilt, unrelentingly wide-eyed, she explains: "The audience has changed and I've changed." If Channing has to work harder to achieve what she did more easily 30 years ago, then work she does. "I'll go to my grave remembering the tears and laughs I didn't get," she says. There were plans...
Your apology to Patterson for falsely describing him as a Marxist is, of course, a red (!) herring. It is the racism of the review that is offensive, and it is that aspect that needs to be addressed in a more forthcoming manner. So how about a franker apology, not only in print to us all, but to Professor Patterson in person. Henderson Professor of the Psychology of Personality Brendan A. Maher...
...canceled ads and subscriptions, were surprised by Iowa's overwhelmingly favorable reaction. Even more calls of support poured in after a story about the series was front- paged by the New York Times last week. Geneva Overholser, the Register's editor, believes strongly that the American press should be franker in reporting sexual assaults. "We are participating in the stigma of rape by treating victims of this crime differently," says Overholser. "When we as a society refuse to talk openly about rape, I think we weaken our ability to deal with...