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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...strawlike hair--the price she paid for chemically straightening it. But one Sunday, the African-American security officer, 35, received a tip from a friend whose daughter had turned to the center, formally called the L'Oreal Institute for Ethnic Hair and Skin Research, for help following a disastrous perm. "They got her hair back more healthy and shiny," said Hatcher, who promptly booked an appointment for herself--hoping that L'Oreal's stylists and researchers, armed with a vast array of shampoos, conditioners and gels, could also sort out her tresses. The result? "It was extra soft and bouncy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketing: Because They're Worth It | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...well as how best to parlay her experience as an exotic dancer into work as a garage band groupie. For her part, Gemini helped Biaggi come to terms with his congenital inability to hit the high E flat and also provided him with some useful advice on perm deactivators...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Gossip Guy | 10/30/2003 | See Source »

Sharpton, whose spontaneous, prophetic style has distinguished him from the candidate pack as much as his resume and swept-back perm, lashed out against a continuing United States presence in Iraq and reiterated his goal of engaging youth and minorities in politics...

Author: By Alex L. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sharpton Talks Tough Game | 10/28/2003 | See Source »

...baht), this is the spot if you fancy kitting yourself out like singing cowboy Gene Autry. Just a few more meters into the m?l?e nestles hole-in-the-wall outlet Golden Man. Its friendly proprietor, Preecha?his chuffed, pixie face framed by the type of wet perm favored by early 1980s R.-and-B. stars (think Lionel Richie)?sits cross-legged on the bare, concrete floor lazily sewing a cowhide saddlebag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Full Denim Jacket | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

...indicated that body parts could be seen protruding from a 28-m-long shallow grave. If verified, it would be the worst civilian massacre since a rebellion split the nation into military- and rebel-held zones three months ago. MEANWHILE Jailhouse Mock For Russians, the very mention of the Perm-36 workcamp sets off an involuntary shiver. The notorious Soviet gulag in the Urals housed political prisoners like Jewish dissident Nathan Sharansky. The camp has now reopened - as a museum of political repression. Adventurous (or masochistic) tourists can sleep in uncomfortable cells, walk behind barbed wire and eat disgusting prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 12/8/2002 | See Source »

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