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...have recently learned that to be an "attractive, nice-to-be-with girl" I must cope with a problem newly-publicized in the women's magazines: vaginal odor. According to Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Products Co., Youngs Drug Products, Alberto Culyer, Roycemore, Personal Products Co. and several other drug companies, my vagina is very smelly indeed, and I had better do something about it. Each of these companies now manufactures its own variety of a deodorant formulated, in the words of one advertisement, "specifically to help eliminate odor from the external vaginal area. "By the time I finished reading...

Author: By Joanna Knobler, | Title: It's Not That You Have Bad Breath... | 10/18/1969 | See Source »

...late forties, were gentle, friendly and open. Mr. Clark spoke quickly and motioned about the room with his arms; Mr. Bryson sat calmly and punctuated his colleague's remarks with careful, precisely-worded observations. Obviously they didn't think of themselves as manipulators of American women. They considered vaginal odor a real problem and felt their products were essential to good hygiene...

Author: By Joanna Knobler, | Title: It's Not That You Have Bad Breath... | 10/18/1969 | See Source »

...well worth the time wasted. With no plot, the playgoer might get bored. This way he cranes his neck every which way and wonders if he is going to be kissed, prodded, or punched. It's a good way to smell an actor, too, and the odor isn't always as appealing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Musicals: A Guide to Modcom | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

...They had come to the Isle of Wight off the English shore at Southampton to witness the first full-fledged public appearance by Singer-Composer-Poet Bob Dylan since he broke his neck in a motorcycle accident in 1966. In the cool evening air, as evident as the sweet odor of marijuana, hung an almost palpable yearning for some sort of transcendent experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Poet's Return: It's What I Do | 9/12/1969 | See Source »

Though its workers become indifferent to chemical odors, Monsanto itself goes to the opposite extreme. As soon as any employee smells something bad, he is asked to dial A-I-R on the factory phone. If the problem is serious, expert "sniffers" hurry to the scene, ready to bottle the air, analyze it and repair the leak. Elaborate ductwork in one factory connects the points where noisome phenols might be emitted and whisks them to a scrubber system that removes the odor with absorbent filters. Since 1967, Monsanto has spent almost $3,000,000 to curb pollution in St. Louis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Air: From Pollution to Profit | 8/8/1969 | See Source »

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