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Young Communists vacuum-clean the streets, and workers paint green leaves on trees. Monuments are scrubbed with Yugoslav shampoo, and telephone lines cut by the Germans in World War II are at last repaired. Since Gorbachev was once party secretary responsible for agriculture, a committee of scientific experts is convened to consider "How many nipples on a cow's udder?" The answer: "It appears that there are four, although the cow was given a plan for five." Hard-to-get consumer goods arrive in shops overnight, goods that "we thought were entered in the Red Book," a Soviet compendium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Introducing Glasnost Giggles | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

...game in Potsdam, N.Y., the Knights scored as the gun went off. By that time, the Crimson was already deciding on which shampoo to use during its post-game shower...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Back to The Garden | 3/9/1988 | See Source »

...past--in part by pandering to the public's wish for a stereotype, be it elegant, cute, or sexy-have chosen careers consistent with their stage images. Peggy Fleming filmed commercials for Trident gum before moving on to sportscasting; Dorothy Hamill inspired a national hairstyle and represented a shampoo company; Katerina Witt is about to enter a career in acting and modeling. But things will be different for 1988's bronze medalist. A true sportswoman, Debbie Thomas plans to become an orthopedic surgeon, a positive role model in and out of the skating world...

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: Athletes or Aesthetes | 3/1/1988 | See Source »

...following weeks I led the crusade to combat dandruff by installing shampoo vending machines in the houses. We fought untidyness with comb dispensers, scurvy with Vitamin C dispensers, acne with Clearasil dispensers. We hired nurses to stand ready at all houses 24 hours a day, ready to fit women with diaphragms in an emergency. Next to the nurse was stationed a barber ready at all times to sell emergency haircuts to anyone who was unable to make it to the Square...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Insanity Defense | 12/17/1987 | See Source »

...shampoo and cucumber lotion...

Author: By Emily Mieras, | Title: `Twas Twenty-One Days Before Christmas | 12/4/1987 | See Source »

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