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...anchor men on the KABC-TV news in Los Angeles were so charming that more than 10,000 letters came in-most of them saying things like "Please send me John Schubeck in a plain brown wrapper." Impressed, the station decided to do virtually that. It ran a contest, with the prize being not only Schubeck but also Fellow Newscaster Joseph Benti, a staff of technicians, a truckload of cameras and cables, and all the paraphernalia needed to deliver a newscast straight from the winner's own home...
Bridget would come scurrying out with a cup in her hand, a big florid woman in a faded pink wrapper. She sassed right back: "Eh, Tonio, finish yer yellin". Fine times when a body can't 'ave a cuppa tay in peace an' quiet. She wouldn't'a minded to wait for a bit: would yer, love...
...Kisses. Not to be outdone by the East Coast, Californians are turning to even farther-out candles. In Los Angeles, a firm called Control Tower offers candles in the form of slabs of Swiss cheese, bricks of marijuana, candied apples, chocolate kisses labelled "Kiss, Kiss," Popsicles (in the familiar wrapper) and giant crayons. The Candlestick in San Francisco sells elaborate, waxy and scented constructions. In fact, smell is big all over. Chicago's Cooper, Inc., offers chocolate, vanilla, and other food odors, and reports that Gold Coast matrons happily pay $25 for a French-made candle that gives...
...because it gives them a feeling of clubbiness. Sophisticated travelers?or those who would like to seem sophisticated?would rather be caught in the Lido nightclub in Paris than be seen carrying Fielding's Guide (some leave it in the hotel room or carry it with a plain brown wrapper). As American tourists become more experienced, as travel becomes ever more natural and casual, Fielding will have to change or lose his popularity. But right now there seems to be no shortage of neophytes, for whom the Guide is essentially written. Long after the theme has ceased to pervade American...
...there is no second Raquel Welch. A recent Reuters poll of worldwide film exhibitors reported that Raquel was among the top ten box-office draws. Her pictures are all instantly disposable-but so is the wrapper around a candy bar. "Everyone pays a lot of lip service to sensitivity and artistry," she complains. "But when you come right down to it, it's all money and shooting schedules. They want to be able to write everything out like a financial statement and come out with a neat little sum at the bottom...