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...terms of cultural tragedies, the passing of the boa ranks with the loss of “Charles in Charge.” Aside from protecting the tender underside of one’s chin from the dangers of windburn, a boa can provide a splash of color to liven up even the most drab of fishnets and black bitch-boots...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Trends FM Wants Back | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

Jonathan Margolis, president of the Harvard Ski Club, said of the snow, "I despise it. It's so cold. I get windburn on my face. But once I'm out on the slopes, it's a wonderful time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Skiing, Skating, Sledding In Cambridge Over Break | 12/14/1982 | See Source »

Watching the Watchers. "The woman who walks away from the beach without a cover-up is out of her mind," says Designer Brigance. Even on the beach, girls are likely to feel the need of protection from sunburn, windburn, sandstorms and stares. To cope with the problem, some suits, called "stripper-dippers," come in three pieces-bra, pants and a removable midsection. Other cover-ups range from elongated sweaters that reach mid-calf (elsewhere called dresses) to Donald Brooks's coolie shirts, which just cover the suit at the hip line. Some of the most elegant are the ankle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Stares in the Sun | 6/21/1968 | See Source »

...gets him up at 6:30 every morning, sends him to bed exhausted at 11 every night. She has given him sunburn, windburn and heartburn, great anxiety, occasional despair, and the kind of gut satisfaction that makes it all worthwhile. Sometime within the next two weeks, unless every sailing expert has lost his bearings, the commodore of the New York Yacht Club will come alongside Intrepid and say to "Bus" Mosbacher: "Sir, I have the honor to inform you that Intrepid has been selected to defend the America's Cup against the Australians in a match starting Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yachting: The Intrepid Gentleman | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

Harvard men and their women wound up the first ice-bound weekend of the year yesterday in a flurry of skids, windburn, and fresh snowflakes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snow, Slush, Skids, Sluggish Traffic Feature Season's First Icy Weekend | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

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