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...with a dab of toilet paper stuck on his still-damp face, praying that it will stop bleeding before he goes and he won't have to look stupid. This is not a man who will need industrial-strength Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion to heal his face after the razor has left it as dry as Utah. This is not a man who will accidentally leave a spot of shaving cream on his carlobe and not notice it until 4 p.m., by which time countless people will have determined that be is an idiot...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Change Your Existence | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

Other winners include Schick, which lags 3-to-1 behind Gillette in the U.S. razor-blade market but leads its archrival 7-to-1 in Japan. Schick introduced a twin-blade cartridge in 1972, one year before Gillette, and has an edge over even Feather, the biggest Japanese company in the field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pounding on Tokyo's Door | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

Although his most recent and more somber release. "The Razor's Edge," was less popular at the box office than his comedy films, Murray said he was happy with his first attempt at a serious role. Moreover, Murray said, the World War I drama "was a big success at Turkish Army bases...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Murray Arrives an Hour Late, But Full of His Sardonic Wit | 2/20/1985 | See Source »

...first film, Meatballs, was soon followed by a series of others in cluding 1984's top-grossing movie. "Ghostbusters," and Stripes, a parody of life in the Army. More recently he co-wrote the screenplay and starred in "The Razor's Edge," a serious drama...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pudding Picks People of the Year | 1/30/1985 | See Source »

...other, it was bound to be Alpha Otis Stephens' last night. First he tried killing himself, during his last lonely hours in a cell, by slashing at one wrist with a safety razor. He bled only a little. Then, just after midnight, the state of Georgia undertook to kill him. The 39-year-old murderer, looking scared, was strapped into the electric chair, electrodes fastened to his shaved head and shaved right leg. Superintendent Ralph Kemp counted to three, a volunteer executioner pushed a button, and 2,080 volts, 20 times the charge in a household socket, coursed through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running Out of Appeals | 12/24/1984 | See Source »

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