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...whole industry revolves around making women feel good???which they rarely can unless they think they look attractive. True, sales of men's colognes, skin toners and other cosmetics have been rising fast and now account for a large but indeterminate fraction of the business. Men too have been captivated by the growing national preoccupation with youthful appearance and bodily fitness. Still, women buy about 95% of men's cosmetics as presents for husbands, boyfriends and fathers, many of whom also cheat by dabbing on some of the women's creams and foundation colorings with the bathroom door closed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetics: Kiss and Sell | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...about who went to whose birthday party and who got how many Valentine cards and who is talking to so-and-so and who is not." To those who claim that this constitutes realistic preparation for life's hard knocks. Holt replies: "The best preparation for bad experience is good???and anyway I don't want to prepare people to get along. I want them to resist, to change society for the better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Teaching Children at Home | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...ascent to gourmandise is no longer a matter of picking up a cookbook and buying a set of copper pots. Present and would-be home chefs support hundreds of cooking schools in the U.S. They are mostly very good???notably James Beard's and Lydie Marshall's classes in Manhattan, or Mary Nell Reek's in Houston, or Rita Leinwand's in Los Angeles. A five-lesson program can cost as much as $350. Boston alone supports 29 cooking schools, teaching everything from dicing to making Dampfnudeln. Whether for culinary kudos or to master grande cuisine, Americans sometimes spend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love in the Kitchen | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

Exulted Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert Strauss: "The state of our party is very good???organized, vibrant, forward-looking and hell-bent on victory." Said Douglas Fraser, a liberal United Auto Workers vice president who originally backed Morris Udall for the nomination: "It's a thirst for victory that we have, and we don't want to put that possibility in jeopardy." Added Daley: "We've been fighting too long and losing too long. Now we've got a great candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONVENTION: ONWARD TO NOVEMBER | 7/26/1976 | See Source »

...zero rate of price hikes, let alone both together. Still, the U.S. could take a number of steps that hold some hope of reducing both. The goal might be set at 4% unemployment and 3% inflation. That would add up to 7%, which, as economists note, would be exceedingly good???far better than October's jarring 12.8% total...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Inflation's Stubborn Resistance | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

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