Word: owed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...became more blatant and the advertising industry naturally kept pace. Now that a kiss usually promises more than a kiss, we have advertisements for women's clothing that wink slyly, "What to wear on Sunday when you won't be home till Monday," and underwear ads that murmur, "You owe it to your audience." And we have a new movie about a top fashion model who sells lipstick so seductively that she is brutally raped by a young man who takes her lip-smacking photographs to heart...
...with a bent wire coat-hanger--easy as pie). You have plenty of insurance, but the company won't pay without physical proof that you didn't leave the car unlocked. A broken window would do, for example. Now, you've been paying premiums for twenty years, and they owe you the money fair and square. All you have to do to get what's coming to you is put a rock discreetly through your own car window. So how about it--surely you're not going to let a technicality stand in the way of money that's rightfully...
...pioneered by Dr. Mills and Dr. Robert Whaley in Anchorage 16 years ago. This is one of the few areas of medicine in which no major change has taken place for a long time. Bill Mills is the pioneer in this field. Skiers, climbers and cold-climate residents owe him an extraordinary debt of gratitude...
...actress. Last week the pair met again at Burns' Beverly Hills home to toast their most recent successes: George's Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Sunshine Boys, Ann-Margret's as Best Actress for her part in Tommy. "You owe me six weeks' pay at $1,100 a week," insisted Burns, now 80, referring to AM's broken contract. Then accepting three quick smooches from his ex-protegee, now 34, generous George reconsidered. "The kisses," he smiled, "cancel the debt...
...Arena, of which he is part owner. The Fassi tribe includes skaters from the U.S., Italy, Finland, Britain, Yugoslavia and Sweden-plus several Russians who have come for briefer consultations. All pay $9 for 20 minutes worth of Fassi's wisdom. Most think it is a bargain. "I owe 75% of my gold medal to Carlo," says Dorothy Hamill. John Curry feels that he does too. His highly expressive style had been ridiculed for years. He went to Fassi in 1974, after he had finished a disappointing seventh in the world championships. The following year, his best moves refined...