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...reminisces 45-year Gillette veteran Irene Costello. "You could really feel that it handled better," she adds. Since 1971 the razor has experienced a few improvements--the invention of the economical, disposable Daisy razor for women in 1975 and Good News! disposable for men a year later, the ATRA swivel head system in 1977 and, most recently, the ATRA Plus shaving system with an attached lubricating strip--but the company's committment to hystersis and the double-blade system remains firm...
...President's accent on offensive arms was no accident. It was part of a campaign to swivel attention at Geneva away from defensive innovations like the celebrated Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), better known as Star Wars. The Soviets are determined to make SDI the centerpiece of negotiations. The U.S., by contrast, is eager to cut a deal on reducing existing nuclear stockpiles and then worry about still-to-be-perfected space weapons. Said National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane: "It will take time to establish, much less understand, our new strategic-defense concept. That understanding is what we are after...
...week would have strained credulity on any prime-tune soap opera. Twenty-two months after he was arrested, and five months after his sensationally publicized trial began, renegade Auto Manufacturer John Zachary De Lorean, 59, his hands clasped in front of him as he leaned back in a beige swivel chair, heard a jury of six men and six women declare him not guilty of conspiring to possess and distribute cocaine. "Praise the Lord," proclaimed the born-again defendant...
...tears of a 27-year-old warrior who had been holding fast with more than chalk, not even Vidmar seemed to mind. The U.S. exhibition baseball team was able to square accounts (2-1) with those Taiwanese Little Leaguers, all grown up, without excessive jingoism at Dodger Stadium. Swivel-hipped Mexican Walker Ernesto Canto pleased everyone in the Coliseum with his grand sombrero. Admittedly, that "U.S.A.!" chant can sound a little sour in a 40-point basketball blowout...
...Kenna found a soft spot in the center of Navy's line, sent Plebe-Fullback Felix ("Doc") Blanchard bulling through. When the Midshipmen closed up to plug the gap, Army blockers shook Speedster Glenn Davis loose on the flanks. As they had done all year, Army's swivel-hipped backs went for distance once they got in the clear...