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...American men actually buy Noxzema shaving cream because they see Quarterback Joe Namath lathering his beard with it on TV, Fruit of the Loom underwear because it is recommended by tell-it-like-it-is Sportscaster Howard Cosell, or Schick razors because they are approved by Olympic Swimming Star Mark Spitz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN NOTES: Who Do You Trust? | 12/31/1973 | See Source »

...REST OF US, though, don't have academics on the brain so much, or find it easy to get into the "good ol' Harvard law" stuff for too long. When six actors mince onto the stage in togas and garlands (underwear, basically) hooting "We are the faculty of Harvard law," the laughter isn't so automatic to us. And because we can't excuse the lack of smoothness as lightly as the law students, the scene spoofing the Watergate committee is funny only in bursts, as when a spacey Montoya ("Professor Howaya") addresses the witness chair between snoozes...

Author: By Richard Turner, | Title: Law Follies | 12/13/1973 | See Source »

...time Mrs. Prentice enters the room. Mrs. Prentice discovers and confiscates Miss Barclay's dress so that the latter is forced to remain in hiding. The bellboy hides when Dr. Prentice enters and Dr. Prentice--appearing crazier and crazier as the evening progresses--endeavors to conceal Miss Barclay, her underwear and his own true motives and actions...

Author: By Mark D. Epstein, | Title: An Unfortunate Confirmation | 11/3/1973 | See Source »

Helen Gahagan Douglas, 72, the former actress whom her opponent in the 1950 California Senate race dubbed the "Pink Lady" because of her supposed links with the Communist Party ("[She] is pink right down to her underwear,"declared Richard Nixon), has turned up again, on the cover of Ms. magazine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 24, 1973 | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

...style is offhand. California hip rather than Gotham sophisticate, and four-letter words stud her rap. She avoids high-fashion designer clothes, prefers casual wear such as blue jeans, pants and sweater outfits, often teamed with a crazy hat and tennis shoes. She does not own a shred of underwear -just a head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Making Magic with a Funny Face | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

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