Word: skin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...children here have such beautiful names, like Rutha Mae Mason and Vincent Lee Mendenhall. Most of come from large families of about six to ten children, sometimes 14. They live in shacks out in the fields. Many of them have infected navels and scars on their skin from cuts that did not heal well due to malnutrition. One of the reasons that so many of them have trouble learning is that their brains have not gotten the proper nutrients, perhaps at some critical period in their biological development-not to speak of the obvious detrimental factors of their home...
...company is now expanding into a potentially rich new area. Aiming to capitalize on the swiftly growing demand for black cosmetics, Johnson Products has begun test-marketing a low-priced line of liquid makeup, face powder and skin cleaner. The items, formulated to complement black skin tones, come in shades of browns, tans and reds. "Our future growth will depend on how well we do in cosmetics," says Johnson, 43. Until recently, white-owned companies virtually ignored the demand for black cosmetics, and most of the black firms in the field are still small and regional. With his company...
...attack are several drugs used against high blood pressure and blood clotting, some diuretics and products containing synthetic hormones. Among the odds and ends that the FDA wants to see no more: Winthrop's Alevaire, for asthma; CIBA's Bradosol throat lozenges; Parke-Davis' Phemerol. a skin antiseptic; and Lever Bros.' Pepsodent Antiseptic Mouthwash...
Richie Starr, who had been unable to practice last week because of a skin infection, was unexpectedly quick in the first two periods of his 177-pound match. He built up a 6-0 lead and then coasted through the final period to win, 8-1. Heavyweight Tom Tripp gave the Crimson its final margin with a hard fought 6-1 decision...
...labors, he is no farther from torpor than when he started. The Stockton park even cuts down the shade trees under which laborers sleep in the evening heat. With irony too strong to be humorous, Tully comes closest to nature while watching a nudist colony skin-flick in a half-filled burlesque hall; by story's end, he has drifted into a wine-colored world, bearing constant remembrance of single moments of past happiness...