Word: lanolin
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...black currant fruit," says Steve Skinner, the assistant winemaker at Trinity Hill Vineyard in Hawke's Bay, as he swirls a sample of almost vermilion liquid around his glass. "But I'm seeing the savory side of the bottle aging?a certain leathery character and a lot of lanolin." Travel in New Zealand and you had better learn to speak the language of vintners and wine tasters. You might find yourself chatting about Cabernet with a cabbie, and Pinot Noir with a parking attendant...
...Isserlyn Creme jar lists 20 ingredients, most of them common chemicals and none of them particularly costly. Six of these ingredients-decyl oleate, lanolin oil, propylene glycol, isostearic acid, acetylated lanolin alcohol and ceteareth-5-are moisturizers and emollients. These relieve dryness and protect the skin by softening, conditioning and lubricating it. Triethanolamine, stearic acid, glyceryl stearate, magnesium aluminum silicate and PEG-75 lanolin oil are emulsifiers that enable the other ingredients to mix and form a smooth lotion. Three of the ingredients are pigments, which give color to the skin when the cream goes on. They are titanium dioxide...
...York homestead, transported to Paris, where they scratch and stammer through a plot that might be a low-camp rewrite of La Ronde. Michael (Michael Sklar) and Max (Max Delys) are lovers. Michael, wanting to get married for appearances only, becomes involved with Donna (Donna Jordan), while Max makes lanolin passes at Jane (Jane Forth). All have been encouraged to play someone approximating themselves, which does not mean there is any recognizable humanity to be seen. Warhol and Morrissey specialize in an especially vicious kind of ridicule, to which the actors eagerly sacrifice themselves...
...Carl Porter, a 28-year-old Wayne State graduate, has built up his Theme Productions by producing and selling radio commercials as we as distinctive, hard-rhythm station breaks. "We squeeze 50 tons of soul into six seconds," he says. Porter creates radio spots for Mustang Malt Liquor, Lanolin Plus Liquid, Mystery of Black Cosmetics and other products, and his billings are running at a rate of $450,000 this year. He argues that only a black firm can "get the ear" of modern blacks, but concedes that not even he can communicate with all of them...
...Thai foot shapes, found them to be substantially different from the G.I. foot, then used special lasts for the production of Thai boots, which are expected to wear twice as long. For field troops plagued by the leeches in warm Thai streams, the center produced a repellent with a lanolin base that neither perspiration nor river water will wash away...