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Even the strong succumbed. Tulane Senior Andrew Hillery and his friend Patrick Vizard, both 22 and experienced duck hunters, went into the Louisiana marshes bundled in thermal underwear and parkas. "They were frozen in water that had splashed into the boat from the winds. They had to be chipped out," says Hugh Lambert, Vizard's brother...
Fortunately, with the release of this summer's critical success Risky Business, featuring newly-discovered Tom Cruise, the so-called teenage film industry has shown signs of possible salvation. Though undeniably, Cruise's dancing around in his underwear lured many ogling 15-year-old girls to the cinema, producers seemed to recognize that there was more to appeal to in a teenage film than hormones. Risks Business exhibited promise beyond the usual hackneyed dialogue and childish antics, to which teenage audiences are so accustomed. Its well-developed fantasy motif, more importantly, indicated that producers finally may be getting away from...
...Vitale, 38, president of a booming Italian sportswear company called Maglificio Calzificio Torinese. The product, Jesus Jeans, has become a symbol of entrepreneurial audacity since it first appeared in the early 1970s. Its success, moreover, helped to transform Vitale's company from a staid maker of socks and underwear into one of the fastest-growing and most aggressive firms in Italy. Vitale's sales jumped from less than $7 million in 1970 to $65 million last year...
Ramsey said she would like to sell kitchen supplies, underwear, stationery and other gift items, but wants to "avoid too many gimmicks and concentrate on fine-quality merchandise...
They were bulky and loud and could squeeze unwary fingers, but millions of Americans relied on them for clean socks, shirts and underwear all the same. Since 1909, Maytag (1982 sales: $440.8 million) has turned out nearly 12 million wringer washers from its plant on the edge of downtown Newton, Iowa. But automatic washers and dryers have drained away much of the business for wringers, and Maytag will stop making them by the end of the year. "We're experiencing a great sense of loss here," laments a company executive. "The wringer was our only product for 42 years...