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Archie Bunker's niece will soon have a new television role. Danielle Brisebois, 12, who plays the pixieish Stephanie on the CBS show Archie Bunker's Place, will star in commercials touting the Tinkerbell line of powders, perfumes, lip gloss, nail polish and other beauty aids for girls ages three to 14. This is the latest marketing ploy in the $100 million-a-year world of kiddie cosmetics...
...former comes from the actual doing or saying; the latter from the perpetual surprise that it should have been done at all. Until last week's historic smooch on the palace balcony, no one could recall anyone in the royal family kissing on cue from the crowd. Lip readers who watched the scene on television reported to London newspapers this completely unverifiable exchange. He: "They are trying to get us to kiss." She: "I tried to ask you." He: "Well, how about it?" She: "Why ever...
...said this could be a hoax before we ran it," said Publisher John Fairchild. "I thought it made a very amusing story." Fleet Street was at its creative best, too, telling readers what Charles whispered to Diana at intimate moments. And how did the newspapers find out? They hired lip readers...
...hill, out in Hadley. Four hundred feet, top to bottom, and only three guys have ever made it up."), they didn't seem to worry too much about competing. Everyone reached the top of this puny hill eventually, although a few fell once or twice. When they reached the lip of the peak, their bikes would jump into the air and they'd land on the back wheel, cackling. Stop for a beer, watch a few others come up, and then go right back down and start over again. "Do you practice this much?" I asked one man, who stood...
...fine art, requiring split-second judgments on tennis balls traveling 150 m.p.h., but at Wimbledon it is done by amateurs who only last year were required to have their eyesight checked. Players whose paychecks ride on such hairbreadth decisions find it difficult to maintain a stiff upper lip when bad calls rob them of crucial points. Tim Mayotte, 20, a surprise quarter-finalist, explains, "Yes, McEnroe is ridiculous. But umpires are making mistakes too. Ask a question, and the umpire will just turn away and say, 'Play on.' You can understand the frustration...