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They both agreed something called Gunk was good for grease. And Julie Moore had an insider's tip: white flour. "After the Nevr-Dull, coat a dry, clean rag with white flour, and it's half the buffing job. We've about been thrown out of the hangar because I get flour all over the place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene | 1/17/1986 | See Source »

...adornment and pounded into aphrodisiacal potions. In such a context, the grandeur of these court clothes seems almost casual. It is impossible to resist the impact of a coat--cut for a maharajah who stood 6 ft. 9 in.--made of silk and interlined, for warmth, with rustling handmade rag paper. All that captures the eye. But what holds the imagination are the shapes, the folds and the colors, the cascades of fabric in a skirt that uses 300 yards of cotton to move over the wearer like a light wind or that spills around her, when she sits, like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: A Harmony of Fugitive Color | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...There are a bunch of sour pusses in the Castle," said Lampoon president Jessica Marshall, '86. "They may have run off and started their own rag...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lampoon Finds Joke in Itself | 10/24/1985 | See Source »

...Boston Globe. The Globe's sports section is consistently voted the best in the country. Its thorough, well-written coverage will make you forget your hometown rag--unless you want to know what's happening outside of New England. In that case, there's always USA Today...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: The Hub and its Heroes | 9/18/1985 | See Source »

...Boston Globe. The Globe's sports section is consistently voted the best in the country. Its thorough, well-written coverage will make you forget your hometown rag--unless you want to know what's happening outside of New England. In that case, there's always USA Today...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: The Hub and its Heroes | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

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