Word: lashing
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...parent model has staged a comeback. Indeed, the circle of kinfolk is expanding: grandparents are central figures in several of TV's newest households. Superficially, these shows have kept pace with the times; the teenage daughter's boyfriend is likely to have a punk haircut and be named Lash. But the uplifting message has changed little. Children still need firm, loving guidance, but will ultimately do what is right if left on their...
...least an eyelash, in the running mascara battle between industry leaders Maybelline and Noxell, maker of the Cover Girl brand. The rivals are locked in a legal dispute over Noxell's claim that its new Cover Girl Clean Lash mascara is waterproof...
Maybelline contends that shower and swimming-pool tests of several hundred women conducted for it by a research laboratory showed that Clean Lash is not waterproof. Charging false advertising, Maybelline won a federal district court order halting shipments and ads for its rival's mascara. Last week Noxell persuaded an appeals court to issue a temporary stay of the lower court's order, and the company resumed its sales. Maybelline did not even blink before heading back to court for the next round...
...fertile imagination, boundless energy and shrewd tactics to tie the biotechnology industry in knots. Even the General Accounting Office is impressed; it concluded in a report last month that the Agriculture Department has been slow to act on biotechnology because of "anxiety" over Rifkin's legal blitzkrieg. Says Jon Lash, a Vermont environmental official: "I've always been amazed at how he's been able...
...took the oppression of 20 million South Africans for Harvard to beef up Yard security, for freshmen to lash out against unfair frisbee rules, and for tourists to stop cozying up to the Statue of Three Lies...