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...York Solanka rages, blacks out, and becomes involved with two women, Mila, (short for Milosevic, “no relation”) who looks like Little Brain, and the beautiful freedom fighter Neela...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rushdie Discusses New Short Novel | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

Cosmetic companies usually love to trumpet their "miracle" ingredients. But placenta--the embryonic tissue formed in pregnant mammals and used for decades as a wrinkle reducer--is one beautifier that has long been kept under wraps. That may be changing: Mila Skin Care's new Amber Cream Placental has become a hot seller by proudly promoting the taboo ingredient. A 59-year-old aesthetician in Beverly Hills, Calif., says she gave up Botox injections a month after she started using the skin smoother. "The lines are just staying away," she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetic Placenta | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

Dozens of cosmetic companies have informed the FDA of their use of human placenta, but most have been afraid to advertise it because consumers are squeamish about the substance as well as its source. Mila is supplied by Russian maternity wards, but Shiseido is very secretive about the placental extract in its popular Revitalizing Cream; the Japanese company won't even say what kind of animal it comes from. Progressive Beauty Brands executive David Blum admits his Placenta Plus products sell best overseas and in Hispanic communities, "where there's less resistance to the word placenta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetic Placenta | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...guest list was mind-boggling: Hollywoodites Michael Douglas, Salma Hayek, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, Kim Cattrall of "Sex and the City," Richard Dreyfuss, Christine Lahti, Melissa Joan Hart, Heather Donahue, Sharon Lawrence, Griffin Dunne, Ron Silver, Peter Boyle, Paul Sorvino, Bianca Jagger, Joe Piscopo, Camryn Manheim, Mila Jovovich, Ray Liotta and half the cast of "The West Wing," who rushed over from the Warner Bros. set after taping their show. Real politicos on hand included Donna Shalala (how she loved the celebs!), Chris Cuomo, Bob Kerrey, Tom Harkin, Barbara Boxer, Lynda Bird Johnson and Chuck Robb, the Kennedys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democratic Party Favors: Star Power to the People | 8/18/2000 | See Source »

WARREN DUPWE (R) District 1 BORN: Sept. 11, 1942, Jonesboro EDUCATION: Arkansas State U, B.S., 1964; U of Arkansas, J.D., 1969 FAMILY: Wife, Mila; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army, 1964-66; Army Reserve, 1966-69 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1994 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 9364, Jonesboro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: ARKANSAS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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