Word: winked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sold makeup to women who were in the market themselves. The sexual revolution drastically changed the terms of the sales; sex became more blatant and the advertising industry naturally kept pace. Now that a kiss usually promises more than a kiss, we have advertisements for women's clothing that wink slyly, "What to wear on Sunday when you won't be home till Monday," and underwear ads that murmur, "You owe it to your audience." And we have a new movie about a top fashion model who sells lipstick so seductively that she is brutally raped by a young...
...campaign often seems to command all waking hours. Forman swears--with a wink--that he has to squeeze all possible work out of his "slaves," and he himself hardly takes any time off. Cooking takes too much time, according to Riper. "There's a Red Barn next door; we ate there for three weeks until we got sick of it." Campaign work becomes a monomania, and time spent on expendables such as entertainment, relaxation, eating and sleep takes on overtones of guilt; there is always something more to be done, and every missed opportunity could conceivably lead to defeat. Downing...
...coach likes to joke about his reasons for staying in shape, and explained, "I feel it is necessary to set standards for the coaching staff," adding with a wink, "I don't want anyone to infer that I'm talking about Stowell and Hunt," his assistant coaches...
...there has been a secret pact in the Wallace campaign between the candidate and his electorate. No matter what he says to the national media about winning scads of black votes in Alabama or accepting the law of the land, the implied message is in Wallace's wink--there is nothing to fear from the fighting judge, the Snopesian Benito Cereno who would take over the ship by crafty obeisance...
...next, Willebrands will find that Simonis' once embattled diocese has calmed down, but Gijsen's domain-where a poll shortly after his appointment showed that a vast majority of priests opposed their new bishop-is as tense as ever. In Holland some married priests continue to wink at Vatican rules and act as ministers in liberal parishes. Attendance at Mass has plummeted 50% in a decade, and in 1973 only seven diocesan priests were ordained. Willebrands has ranked high in speculation on candidates to succeed Paul VI. If he can unify the Dutch church, he might well deserve...