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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...floor of her shop surrounded by paper patterns and pieces of green silk, preparing for a fashion competition. From his office in an advertising agency across town, Pham Phu Xuan, 31, can see the storm approaching too. He is on the phone setting up a TV shoot for a shampoo commercial. Hong Nhung, 30, one of Vietnam's most popular singers, is working out in her gym in the Saigon Center. Drops of rain are starting to splash on the windows--and she has to get to a rehearsal later for a concert she is giving over the weekend. Only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Time In Saigon | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...THIS LOUSY T SHIRT. She does a hilarious bit about why she thinks people videotape themselves making love (they think they're really hot, or they need work). And there's a winning spiel on being the person at the other end of the 800 advice-line on shampoo bottles: "Did you wet your hair first?...Glad I could help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Ellen, Back Again | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

Although sorely tempted, I'm not going to nominate Dr. Sydney Spiesel for the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Spiesel invented a shampoo that makes the nits of head lice glow under ultraviolet light. The Nobel Committee doesn't go in for the sort of achievements that focus on everyday life, however stunning they may be. I learned that a long time ago when I tried to get the Nobel Peace Prize for the late Lisa Mosca, of Mosca's restaurant in Waggaman, La., for the perfection of her baked oysters. They gave it to Kissinger that year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lice Styles Of The Rich And Famous | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

...destroy mission. She's irritated by the knowledge that she's bound to miss a few of the tiny things and will have to go through the entire process again in a couple of days. Now think of the second-grader's hair washed in Dr. Spiesel's shampoo, which was developed in response to a head-lice epidemic in the day-care center he serves as pediatrician. The nits would light up so brightly that pilots could use the kid's head to get a bead on the airport. The mother could destroy them all. Think of the hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lice Styles Of The Rich And Famous | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

...Overuse of over-the-counter treatments has led to new pesticide-resistant strains of the bugs. Experts now say the best way to combat the nearly 10 million cases a year is hand combing. The LiceMeister comb enables parents to remove head lice and nits manually, and a new shampoo just invented at Yale promises to make nits glow under ultraviolet light, making them easier to spot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jun. 26, 2000 | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

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