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...barreling between the town and the fields rarely stop when they hit a pedestrian. About one pedestrian is killed each night, often a bewildered campesino still unable to grasp the rapid changes. Whores flash their gold-toothed smiles while cruising the wide boulevards, which have been newly rebuilt with pink paving stone. Rifle-toting policemen patrol the downtown banking area because, as one shopkeeper laments, "this is the season of the rateros [thieves], and they know this is a money town now." The better bars echo with the accents of Texas and Oklahoma, since Americans have been quietly allowed...
...will prepare detailed scripts, which can run to 300 pages: "Scene, ballroom banquet. 7:25, doors open. 7:40, waiters leave room for invocation. Stage, praying hands appear on movie screen . . . " Jay Lurye has hired a 120-piece marching band to awaken conventioneers for early morning sessions, and provided "pink elephant" breakfasts: a live baby pachyderm sprayed pink stands by while waitresses serve Alka-Seltzer...
...Revlon's line, the appeal of Passionata Pink or Pink Vivido might be clear enough. But Blase Apricot? Bergerac himself laughingly wonders, "What kind of psychological profile could you draw for the woman who buys Blase Apricot...
...Adrien Arpel-cater to women who want treatments that they hope will keep their skin appearing young, smooth, wrinkle-free. Prices vary, but the average cost for a one-hour facial is $30. In Los Angeles, where looking good is an obsession, Aida Grey's baby-bottom-pink salon pampers 300 customers daily. They book their appointments as much as four months in advance, and their purses are lighter by $25 to $100 when when they leave. An ad for a $40 "Day of Beauty" at an Adrien Arpel clinic in Beverly Hills produced a waiting list...
...large central building was ringed by bright colors. It looked like a parking lot filled with cars. When the plane dipped lower, the cars turned out to be bodies. Scores and scores of bodies ?hundreds of bodies?wearing red dresses, blue T shirts, green blouses, pink slacks, children's polka-dotted jumpers...