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...Tampons 1931, developed by Earl Haas and made by Tampax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Hundred Great Things | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...participate pass a preliminary test.Such tests are not foolproof, though. Riffraffactually failed one while attempting to communewith the community: "They asked me what my brasize was, and I didn't know, 'cause I don't knowhow bra sizing works. Then they asked me what thedifference is between OB and Tampax. I didn't knowthat either, 'cause I don't use tampons. Then theyasked me what jean size I wear, and I gave themthe men's size, because I wear men's jeans."Riffraff herself is not immune to suspicionregarding the gender of lesbian channel lurkers;one night when it seemed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: cyber sex | 3/16/1995 | See Source »

...irreproachable monarch -- perhaps the last viable one. Some earlier rulers have been reprobates, but by custom, the press protected them. Now royals are the cannon fodder in media wars, as the Prince of Wales found out when his puerile but genuinely intimate telephone talk with Parker Bowles -- the infamous "Tampax tapes" -- was leaked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Shouldn't Rule | 7/11/1994 | See Source »

...restore the part of Windsor Castle that was ruined in a fire last year. Subtext: p.r. to make up for the behavior of her offspring and their spouses -- Di the bulimic fairy princess, fat Fergie and her toe-sucking Texan "financial adviser," Charles' ambition to become Camilla Parker-Bowles' Tampax. Will a trot through the state rooms of Buckingham Palace raise our minds from these mundane affairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buckingham Palace: 18 Rms, No Royal Vu | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

...Dordogne, where your teenager phones you and then puts you on hold. Similarly, Europeans remember when their films were the risque ones. Hah! Now . the show is on the other foot. Europeans at the TV children's hour would be aghast at the torrent of video violence, the Tampax-machine gags on Murphy Brown, or the 27 -- count 'em -- condom jokes in a single segment of Kate & Allie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Long Way from the Rue de la Paix | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

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