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...scalpel had tubing glued to its underside... As the maniac moved it through the actress' hair, I was off-camera pumping the blood, which was actually coming out of the scalpel. Then we cut the camera and I spent about 20 minutes rigging her forehead with mortician's wax. The scalpel was dull enough so as not to actually cut her, but was sharp enough to cut through the wax and give the illusion of slicing her flesh. Again the blood came out of the scalpel and shot into the groove being created. We cut the camera once more...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: The Monsters Within Us | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

...scalpel had tubing glued to its underside... As the maniac moved it through the actress' hair, I was off-camera pumping the blood, which was actually coming out of the scalpel. Then we cut the camera and I spent about 20 minutes rigging her forehead with mortician's wax. The scalpel was dull enough so as not to actually cut her, but was sharp enough to cut through the wax and give the illusion of slicing her flesh. Again the blood came out of the scalpel and shot into the groove being created. We cut the camera once more...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: The Monsters Within Us | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

...personal finance, Porter's 1,305 pages-completely updated and revised since the publication of her bestselling Money Book in 1975 -cover budgeting, energy saving, career planning, investing, dressing well for less and even dying thriftily. (She recommends preplanning the funeral and discussing costs in advance with the mortician.) There is a section coyly called "Sex ... and ... Money" that offers suggestions on how to shop for and reduce the costs of an abortion. Glossaries help to explain insurance, stock market and real estate terms that Porter calls "bafflegab." Her style is brisk and hortatory. Porter warns her readers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Reads to Riches | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Flea markets are flourishing partly because they seldom charge taxes. Barter clubs are also springing up fast, particularly in the West. The clubs offer swap deals on a vast array of goods and issue checks" for services. A gynecologist, for example, may cash his "check" with a mortician. The members of the clubs claim that their transactions do not represent sales and thus are not subject to taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Take Cash and Skip the Tax | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

When Herman Keiser won the Masters he was described as looking like a "Missouri mortician," but the 27 year-old Watson, who is a native of Kansas City, is usually compared to his home state's favorite son, Tom Sawyer. Presently the leading money winner in professional golf, Watson's victory on Saturday has undoubtedly established him as one of the game's great champions...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: British Open: One Good Tourney... | 7/19/1977 | See Source »

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