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Ditch the CVS brand--your skin deserves the very best. Waterproof and hypoallergenic, this elixir boasts a "pleasant fragrance" and comes in four different SPFs. Never drop your Corona again with their new non-greasy formula...

Author: By R.d. Ma, | Title: greased lightning | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

Heard the one about the common shampoo ingredient that causes cancer? Or how about the epidemic of blindness among toddlers who accidentally get waterproof sunscreen in their eyes? These absurd fictions used to be the stock-in-trade of ninth-graders bent on frightening the younger kids. But now such tall tales are appearing on the Internet, and many adults are taking them seriously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Web of Deceit | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...trips was a good idea when the fiercest E. coli was ordinary E. coli; with O157 at large, it's even more important. Parents should take similar precautions when changing diapers, and diaper-age babies should not go into swimming pools. Even in wading pools, toddlers should wear a waterproof bathing-suit liner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anatomy Of An Outbreak | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

...just after I park myself on the steps of University Hall, staking out the tourists from the statue's right side, a strange scene begins to unfold: I spot a curious-looking old man on the approach. He's wearing a disheveled shirt and tie under a new-looking waterproof jacket, lugging a plastic bag full of garbage satchel-style over his shoulder and holding a half-dozen copies of the Gazette in his other hand. He's plodding steadily toward the statue and as he makes his way past it--get a load of this--he salutes...

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: Harvard--The Movie | 5/20/1998 | See Source »

LAST WOUND-UP: Branco International's waterproof wristwatch tells regular time and is also preprogrammed to count...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jun. 9, 1997 | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

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