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...beauty ever since 1914, when Dr. George Bunting cooked up the first batch of Noxzema skin cream in a coffeepot in his Baltimore pharmacy. Originally intended as a sunburn remedy, the blend of clove and eucalyptus oils, lime water, menthol and camphor also proved to be an excellent skin cleanser. In 1929, Admiral Richard Byrd took it along on his expedition to the South Pole. G.I.s during World War II and the Korean War used Noxzema for shaving. Today, when skin-care products are the fastest-growing segment of the cosmetics business, Noxzema is still one of the top-selling...
...galloping lust and crawling remorse. He is as briskly efficient at lovemaking as he is at self-reproach. After a romp among the paper clips, Dirk's afterplay consists of pillow talk about eternal damnation. Then, subsequent to monologues on, say, the doctrine of supralapsarianism, the old Dutch cleanser marches his partner to the tub and scours her flesh with the same manic energy normally devoted to saucepans...
...Memphis. After World War II, Little concentrated on expanding Colgate-Palmolive's overseas plants and operations until they accounted for half of the company's revenues. By the time he stepped down in 1960, sales totaled $600 million for such household staples as Colgate toothpaste and Ajax cleanser...
...York City and Miami or Fort Lauderdale, Fla., began complaining of a mysterious rash of red dots on their faces, necks and hands, the cause at first seemed likely to be some combination of environmental factors, such as the dry air in the planes' cabins or the cleanser used in the food ovens or even cosmetics. But why only Eastern? And why only a few episodes on the carrier's other routes? And how come no passengers or pilots were involved in the 170 reports of the so-called red sweat? Last week the culprit was discovered...
...come forth again. It didn't, and I've been disappointed. For someone who's been in politics as long as he has, he should be more articulate." Others were surprised at how ill-prepared Kennedy seemed at many appearances. Said Glenn Kinduell, 27, an industrial-cleanser salesman in Fort Wayne, Ind.: "He seems more mortal...