Word: scalp
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Welch, rowing directly behind Howard said, "I heard a frightened scream and blood spurted from his scalp and in all honesty I wasn't sure if he hadn't been shot...
...appeal has never been the forte of Actor Donald Sutherland, 40, and his new look-shaved-off eyebrows and a partly shaved scalp-does nothing to enhance his allure. Yet those are some of the changes that Makeup Artist Giannetto De Rossi, 33, has wrought to transform Sutherland into the lady-killing hero of Federico Fellini's film Casanova. In a three-hour session each morning on the set in Rome, Rossi also gives Sutherland a false chin and nose, then winds his remaining shoulder-length hair into curlers that stick out over his ears, making it difficult...
...more candid moments, some baldies confide that all is not Brylcreemless bliss. They are bothered by sunburned scalps and cool breezes. BHMA member Palmer complains that whenever he eats his favorite spicy Mexican food, his bare scalp sweats profusely. Other baldies confess that their billiard-ball crests age them prematurely. Gripes one: "I was the only kid in the third grade who looked like he was in school on the G.I. Bill." But to most men whose hairlines have disappeared, happiness is a bald head. Says Senator Garn: "God has made very few perfect heads. The rest of them...
...overkill of advertisements makes the "heartbreak of psoriasis" sound like something of a joke. But psoriasis is no laughing matter to those who are afflicted by it. The disease, which may result from a genetic defect, causes red, scaly eruptions-mainly on the scalp, elbows, knees, back and buttocks -and untold misery to its victims. In the U.S. alone, some 5 to 8 million psoriasis sufferers spend an estimated $1 billion a year in their search for relief...
...play develops into fun. The courier has been had by an enemy spy--a small boy--who, he claims, looks a lot like the "strange lady" (that's all she's ever called) staying at the inn. Napoleon can't seem to get it through the man's thick scalp that the dispatches are important. He can't even convince the loony lieutenant that he's important. That impasse and Napoleon's suspicion that the woman is the spy are the foundation of dramatic tension. As the play evolves, Napoleon's suspicion is confirmed and he and the woman play...