Word: pinkness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pink Floyd album The Wall [Feb. 25] is a statement of how hard it is to be an artist in the face of overwhelming criticism. The world wants to bend you into its mold, and if you're a nonconformist, people force you to build a wall to protect your identity, your inner being. No one wants to have to build the wall...
...bookshelf that is crowded from end to end with epics of man's struggles through wars, pestilence and economic disaster. The notebook is warmed by sunlight and caressed by piped-in Brahms. That is fitting. Within the notebook's 111 tidy pages, divided by ten pink tabs, is a fantasy that needs sunbursts and violins...
Until recently, syndicates' profits were traditionally high. In 1976 the 8,565 members shared a premium income of $281 million. Since then, the ranks have swelled to 18,500, and the profits of most syndicates have declined. The names now include everyone from titled British aristocracy to the Pink Floyd rock group, some 1,191 Americans and 36 Arabs. The basic rule is the same for all: members share in the syndicate's profits in good years but in bad years must also divide losses, no matter how large...
...glasses. The professional man, the possessed performer, throws himself into roles that are often multiple. He has played more than one part in seven films, including The Mouse That Roared, Strangelove and his next, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, not to mention pictures like Lolita and the Pink Panther series, where, in character, he adopts a variety of wild disguises...
...stoves may be bringing back a skin complaint virtually unknown in the U.S. since the arrival of central heating: erythema abigne, literally redness of the skin from fire. Dermatologists warn that prolonged or repeated exposure to intense heat can cause permanent web-patterned skin discolorations, ranging in shade from pink to brown. (Habitual use of very hot water bottles and heating pads can lead to the same problem.) Dr. Stephen Stone of Springfield, Ill., had one patient whose upper back, shoulder to shoulder, was crisscrossed by marks resulting from sitting too near a wood-burning stove. His advice: "Stay...