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...more. In line with the rising sales of hairpieces, colognes, purses and rainbow-colored clothing to increasingly vain males, American men are now seeking out plastic surgeons for facelifts. All in all, about 250,000 Americans had plastic surgery last year, female patients outnumbering males by 20 to 1. But the ratio is rapidly changing. "I have noticed a definite upsurge in the number of male patients in recent years," says Dr. Robert Fischl, a Manhattan plastic surgeon. "About one in four of my patients...
More than a century ago, when Commodore Perry's warships steamed into Tokyo Bay to "open" Japan to American commerce, Emperor Komei passionately resisted the invasion, but in vain. So it was that Hirohito eventually "inherited from his great-grandfather a mission, which was to rid Asia of white men." As early as 1921, when Hirohito became regent for his ailing father, he organized a cabal of young officers notably including Major Hideki Tojo, to undertake any mission the throne desired. Bergamini insists that two years before the fighting broke out, Hirohito personally "directed his General Staff to plan...
Foreign critics frequently ignore their own protectionism. U.S. businessmen face enormous tangles of restrictions on trade and investment, notably in Japan (see following story). For years, U.S. trade negotiators have tried in vain to persuade their counterparts abroad to bargain seriously on these inequities. Nixon's program is designed to jolt them into much-needed negotiations. What disturbs foreign leaders is the possibility that the President might become so enthused by the domestic popularity of his program that he will push them too hard, demand too much, and retain the surtax too long...
Powerful words, but probably a vain hope. Ulstermen were as preoccupied as ever with their ancient grievances as they waited to see what Brian Faulkner would do next to break the impasse. The answer will come next week if not before. By Sept. 8 he is required by law to decide how many of the 240 internees presently held on 28-day detention orders should remain in custody indefinitely...
Slow Motion. With such supervisors in charge, the building proceeded at a sluggish pace. One spot check of the building at 8 a.m. lasted 90 minutes and turned up not a single Local 210 laborer at work. Bateson foremen searched the building site in vain for certain workers whose time cards showed that they were on the job. The mystery was somewhat cleared up when FBI agents investigating another case discovered that many of the workers often wandered far away from the building site, tending their more lucrative bookmaking and loan-sharking activities. Pilferage was so widespread that Bateson officials...