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...Carol dived deep into the recesses of an enormous scuffed leather purse, located a stick of drugstore lip rouge and smeared it generously on the tip of her nose. "I think about character a lot," she said gravely. "It's much more important than timing." She wiped the lipstick under her chin and made two bull's-eyes on each cheek. "The more dead serious you are about a character, even a comic character, the more the audience will like and understand it." Brushing aside a small pile of slightly battered false eyelashes, she peered furiously into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Wonderful Leveling Off | 1/9/1950 | See Source »

...Lipstick stains on clean white shirts may annoy students, but they are welcomed by local laundries. The cleaning establishments report that the girls well serve the cleaning profession...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Careless Love Smudges on Crimson Laundry Reveal Lurid Shirt Tales | 11/15/1949 | See Source »

According to Tom and Jim's Mt. Auburn Street Laundry, seven out of every ten shirts that come in have lipstick traces. While the averages varied, all cleaners agreed the lipstick percentages were notably higher during the fall and winter season, especially after dances. "Guess the boys go all out when they get dressed up, said John B. Iacoucel, owner of the cleaning establishment at 34 Dunster Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Careless Love Smudges on Crimson Laundry Reveal Lurid Shirt Tales | 11/15/1949 | See Source »

...graduate body remained relatively untouched. Gold Coast cleaners reported a low percentage of lipstick stains from the business school. "I guess the boys know how to take care of themselves by that time," the owner said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Careless Love Smudges on Crimson Laundry Reveal Lurid Shirt Tales | 11/15/1949 | See Source »

...greatest dissentient were a Briggs Hall freshman and a Howell-House sophomore. Said the girl "People who want to neck just shouldn't were lipstick--it's messy; it gets him messed up; it gets you messed up. It takes all the romance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More Meets Mouth Than Meets Eye | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

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