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...times have almost caught up with Gould. A California firm has just marketed the Stun Gun, which shoots a compressed four-inch-square nylon bag filled with either lead powder or birdshot. Fired from modified carbines, pistols or even nightsticks, the bag unfolds like a spinning pancake when it leaves the weapon's muzzle at 110 m.p.h. It will knock down-or at least stun -a fleeing suspect or a rioter. But, claims the manufacturer, the impact is not fatal. A Chicago police official disagrees: "Anything is lethal if it's fired at close enough range...
...planning to buy one ($14 for the A-shaped tunic, $8 for the pants). Some older nurses feel that the pantsuits look "unprofessional." But even they admit that because of all the leaning, reaching and stooping required of nurses, the style is more sensible than the traditional skirt and nylon stockings. A Cook County Hospital official agrees: "Given the present length of skirts," he says, "the pantsuits are more functional...
Woven Headaches. Another secure mane is produced by hair weaving, a process that costs between $150 and $400. Supplementary hair is woven onto a base of nylon thread and then crocheted with the client's remaining hair across the bald spot. Unfortunately, as the real hair grows the woven hair becomes loose and has to be tightened every four to six weeks at a cost of between $5 and $50 per treatment...
...label interpretations, all faithful to the pure lines and practicality of the original, but a far cry away in fit and flair. Geoffrey Beene and Jacques Tiffeau stick to the basic, scoop-necked design, but Donald Brooks makes a slingshot of the neckline of his black ribbed-nylon version; Bill Blass plunges one tank top to the waist and leaves one entire shoulder off another. Children's Designer Florence Eiseman, yielding to demands by mothers who want to look as good as daughters, makes a terry-cloth tank suit that absorbs figure faults along with water...
...genuine long-distance swimmers, the tank suit to put a lid on it is White Stag's Speedo. The all-nylon suit, worn by all but one of the 1968 Olympic Gold Medal winners, can even be had with a racing stripe down the side. Speedo wearers do not even have to make the crawl from Dover to Calais: the suit looks authentic enough to get there...