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...kaleidoscopically changing industry, Revlon stands out for at least two reasons. While most of its rivals concentrate on either class or mass markets, Revlon sells cosmetics, toiletries and fragrances in every price range through every type of retail outlet, from the most exclusive department stores and beauty salons to the most crowded discount houses (it is even test-selling a few products in supermarkets). Equally important, it has survived triumphantly the moment of maximum danger for a cosmetics company: the death of the founder. The test came four years ago with the terminal illness of Charles Revson, a free-spending...
...mother of two, an executive feminist who wears black dresses and pearls, and head of her own Manhattan public relations firm, Letitia Baldrige Enterprises, Inc. At 51 she serves on the board of directors of three companies (the New York Bank for Savings, Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., and Outlet Co. of Providence) and writes a weekly column, "Contemporary Living," which is syndicated in some 40 newspapers by the Los Angeles Times...
...safely discharge their homoerotic impulses. Coaches who ask players to refrain from sex before a game intuitively understand that football is a temporary substitute for heterosexuality, just as "football widows" understand that their husbands are "dead to them sexually" while football is on TV. "Football is a healthy outlet for male-to-male affections," says Dundes, "just as spin the bottle and post office are healthy outlets for adolescent heterosexual needs...
...fullbacks, directed by Captain Jim Langton, controlled the midfield, rarely allowing Amherst to penetrate more than a few yards into Harvard's defensive end. More important, they consistently turned the Lord Jeffs' infrequent offensive thrusts around, converting them into fast-break outlet passes to streaking wings and halfbacks...
...fled to Thailand last month was Kim Am, 42, a Canadian-trained physician who survived the purges by masquerading as an illiterate peasant. According to Kim, at least 80% of the Cambodians he observed before his flight were suffering from some form of mental illness. "The only emotional outlet in Cambodia is thinking about escape," he said. "Sometimes a change of environment can cure such problems, but I'm afraid most of our people have been permanently damaged." Which is another way of saying that Kampuchea's national song is no longer an anthem, but a dirge...