Word: tanned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though chattels, women in polygamous Asia were better off than their sisters in the monogamous West because of the nature of the Tao and Tan-trie religions, which saw sex as an expression of a larger cosmic harmony. When a Chinese husband had intercourse with at least ten of his numerous wives and concubines in a night, it was less to prove his manhood than to receive an abundance of their precious yin essence...
...case, Ford will not let talk of an eventual candidacy die. Trim, tan and in splendid spirits, he is easily the most active non-candidate around, averaging 18 days of travel a month and earning about $500,000 a year on the rubber-chicken circuit. Last week was typical. He flew from his $692,000 home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., to Salt Lake City for a dinner speech to Utah Republicans, then went the next day to Las Vegas for a lunchtime address to the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association. That afternoon the ex-President, wearing light blue paisley...
According to its promoters, the hottest new franchise field around now is tanning clinics. These are shops equipped with ultraviolet-lighted booths and promising that regular sessions of 60 seconds or more will give winter-wan patrons a healthy summer glow. At least a dozen outfits bearing such names as Tantalize, Tantrific Sun and Tan Four Seasons have opened scores of the indoor bronzeries in the past twelve months...
...idea was born 18 months ago in Searcy, Ark. (pop. 11,000), when three entrepreneurs converted half of an old house into the first tanning clinic. After word of the bright idea got around, other entrepreneurs picked up on it, and investor money began to flow. In a typical deal, three lawyers, two doctors and a stockbroker in Massachusetts spotted a newspaper ad placed by Cincinnati's Sunburst International and decided to pool $100,000 to buy a four-clinic franchise. Despite their 300 days of sunshine a year, Californians are particularly hot for store-bought bronze: one Plan...