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...Hill, permitting herself a rare display of emotion, wrinkled her nose in disgust. "The name that was referred to was Long Dong Silver." Hatch, who emerged as one of the panel's most aggressive interrogators, later dug up a 1988 decision by a federal appeals court in Tulsa, citing an obscene photograph of a character by that name. Hatch suggested it was this court case that had brought the name to Hill's attention -- not Clarence Thomas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: She Said, He Said | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

...Bentsen, if the economy shambles feebly into 1992. "They're going to be worried about their pocketbooks and not be so concerned about 21-gun salutes." Bush has the advantage of starting with a large credit line of goodwill among voters. "The economy will have to take a real nose-dive for him to lose the election," says Larry Sabato, a professor of political science at the University of Virginia. But he also contends that if Bush vetoes the unemployment bill, "the Democrats will have a very powerful symbol for how they have been trying to depict Bush -- as friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: America's Run-Down Economy Aiming for Bush's Soft Spot | 10/14/1991 | See Source »

...fresh-faced 16-year-old who hopes to blossom into a supermodel must meet certain minimum requirements. Elite's Pillard reels them off: she must be at least 5 ft. 9 in., bone thin, have full lips, high cheekbones, large eyes, long legs and a straight, not too prominent nose. Models today are taller and fitter than those of previous generations, with fuller lips and bigger breasts. "The models are still skinny," comments Susan Moncur, 41, a semiretired Paris model, "but with big tits -- real or false...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketing Beauty and The Bucks | 10/7/1991 | See Source »

Glashow, who appeared on stage with Herschbach and the other laureates, wanted the world to know that he was NOT wearing a Red Sox baseball cap. Hershbach, meanwhile, attempted to hide his identity with a fake nose and glasses combination...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, | Title: Ig Nobelity Takes Over at MIT | 10/4/1991 | See Source »

With the floral White Diamonds competing against Estee Lauder's spicy SpellBound and Calvin Klein's fruity Escape, there will be no escaping the coming onslaught on the American nose. More than 70 million fragrance strips have been bound into magazines, and in department stores spray-happy models are out in force. This month's Elle arrived for 14,000 upscale subscribers looking like a bulbous videocassette -- which in fact it was. Lauder had pouched its TV promo for SpellBound in a sort of marsupial setup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fragrances The War of the Noses | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

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