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...previously cast her head to make a latex scalp, onto which I ventilated the hair. I had tubing going into the false scalp, and set it down on her head. That way she had her own hairline back but was bald beneath it. We began the shot with the scalpel leaving her forehead, and the maniac grabbed her hair, pulled it back and ripped it right off. Again I was off-camera pumping the blood through the tubes connected to the scalp, so it continued to bleed as it left her head...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: The Monsters Within Us | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

...previously cast her head to make a latex scalp, onto which I ventilated the hair. I had tubing going into the false scalp, and set it down on her head. That way she had her own hairline back but was bald beneath it. We began the shot with the scalpel leaving her forehead, and the maniac grabbed her hair, pulled it back and ripped it right off. Again I was off-camera pumping the blood through the tubes connected to the scalp, so it continued to bleed as it left her head...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: The Monsters Within Us | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

...logo when they first were admitted to college a decade ago, the Indian was dropped in favor of the now neutral nickname, the Big Green. After a committee was formed to investigate the students' complaints, it was decided that the school war cries such as "Wah hooh wah" and "Scalp 'em" were offensive; the college's board of trustees declared that the Indian symbol was "inconsistent with the present institutional and academic objectives of the college...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Big Green Totemism and Other August Oddities | 8/5/1980 | See Source »

...come signs that Japan is looking to add yet another scalp to its lengthening collection of industrial trophies -the $4.8 billion U.S. production of integrated circuits, the hottest and most highly competitive field of advanced industrial technology. The worldwide semiconductor market is expected to soar to $100 billion annually by the end of the century. Moreover, the industry's key product, the confetti-size sliver of silicon known as the microchip, is revolutionizing everything from giant computers to tiny home appliances, making possible a whole new generation of low-cost machines that can "think" and "talk." Says Electronics Analyst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Chipping Away at a Vast Market | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

Though competitors quickly copied his formula, Johnson Products continued to dominate the sales of all hair relaxers, substances that straighten curly hair. But in 1975 the Federal Trade Commission required the company to warn consumers that Ultra Sheen contained lye, which could burn the scalp and cause eye damage. Johnson claims that FTC officials assured him at the time that the other straighteners would also have to print a warning about lye on their packages. Yet for almost two years, while Ultra Sheen's label carried the notice, competitors like Revlon continued to market their "safe," "gentle" and "natural...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Black Beauty | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

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