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...exude an alluring aroma when first sprayed on but then change or lose its scent altogether in an hour, unless manufacturers observe the strictest quality control. Product testing can be as grueling as in a factory making any other kind of goods. To be sure that makeup will withstand long wear, Revlon sometimes requires a woman to sit for hours in a room where the temperature is 90° F. and the humidity 100%; windshield wipers have to clear away the steam from the windows so that analysts can peer...
Last week the regime of Premier Pol Pot was staggering under the weight of its own excesses. The government's ability to withstand Hanoi's military offensive was in jeopardy. Increasing numbers of once fanatically loyal Khmer Rouge were deserting to join the enemy forces. Peasants in Cambodian villages near the Vietnamese border had revolted, murdering the fierce Khmer "controllers" who police the villages. At the same time, 200 Cambodian civilians a week were desperately crossing minefields and other deadly border booby traps to take refuge in Thailand. More than 150,000 have already escaped to Viet...
Mary Herrera, a Glendora, Calif., housewife, had long been discouraged from having babies. She had under gone open-heart surgery at age 8, and the physicians feared that her heart might not be able to withstand the strain of pregnancy. Yet, at 31, she has just given birth to her second child at Los Angeles County Harbor General Hospital. The infant boy weighs only 2 Ibs, and is being kept in an incubator, but he is given a good chance to survive. Says Herrera of her doctors and nurses: "They're doing a fantastic job. They really...
...reporter closing in on the story got them to admit that the birth of a test-tube baby was at hand. Even so, Steptoe and Edwards were reluctant to give any details; they even withheld the patient's name for fear that the mother might not be able to withstand the pressure of all the public prying...
Lahoud claims that 30 years of frustration have driven the Palestinians to terrorism. I believe that she underestimated the moral fiber of those she would defend. After 2000 years of frustration, Jews are still able to withstand the temptation of a terrorist policy. I suspect that the majority of innocent Palestinians, Lahoud notwithstanding, are strong enough to do the same--though I hope they will not have to wait as long as the Jews...