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Maybe so, but Jovan and some 30 other companies have something they hope will beat Dial, Zest, Dove and other bar soaps at the sinks of American homes. It is liquid soap, a softer, creamier and better-smelling version of the soap that has been used for decades in public restrooms. Sales of liquid hand soap, in pump-dispenser plastic bottles, have grown from practically nothing two years ago to an estimated $100 million this year, and the new products have now captured about 10% of the total bar soap market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Soft Sell | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...well as $2.19 models of Mount Rushmore and corncob toilet paper for $1.19. Left-handed calf ropers can buy lariats twisted especially for southpaws. The Rock Hound Shop offers fossils and crystals. Campers buy heavy iron skillets, lightweight canteens and water-purifying tablets; ranchers buy lousefly killer, sheep-branding liquid and cow vaccine. God knows who buys hundreds upon hundreds of Wall Drug gimcracks, from spoon holders to ashtrays. "People want a little something they can take back to Grandma," says Bill Hustead, 54, Ted's son. A Madison, Wis., woman on her way to Wyoming is agape, like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In South Dakota: Buffalo Burgers at Wall Drug | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

Thus began the long-planned airlift of 888 nerve gas bombs from Denver to Tooele Army Depot in western Utah. Each slug-shaped bomb is 7 ft. long and packed with 346 Ibs. of a clear, odorless liquid called GB. A good whiff or a splash on the skin can kill a human being within minutes. Dubbed "Weteyes" because tears are one of the first symptoms of exposure, the bombs were built for the U.S. Navy in 1969 and stored just three miles north of Stapleton. But the Weteyes were too close for comfort for many Denverites, and lobbying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pass the Ammunition - Carefully | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

...foul play. It suggests that the earnest young horse doctor was distraught over an affair and went off alone to die. The Lake County, Ill., coroner found that Runkle, 28, died from an overdose of pentobarbital, a drug used in veterinary medicine as a sedative, probably swallowed in liquid form. There were no signs that it was administered forcibly. Says Lake County Chief of Detectives Frank Winans: "She voluntarily took either an accidental or deliberate overdose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Days Of Dr. Runkle | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

...cause even more than their sons. Hunger Striker Raymond McCreesh, 24, went about 50 days without food and one day wondered aloud to a member of the prison staff if a single glass of milk would violate his fast. After all, McCreesh said hesitantly, it was only liquid, like the five pints of water and salt he took each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Ireland: Ready to Die in the Maze | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

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