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...feet, dark hair, broad shoulders, tan complexion, blue eyes, strong as a bull. Let's put it this way: I look like that guy in the shirt ads, but without the eye patch...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: The Mating Call of the Wide-Eyed Freshman | 8/15/1980 | See Source »

...Spice or witch hazel. Some pinstripe business executives are now canceling their three-martini lunches and scurrying across town to meet their wives at the skin-care salon for his-and-her noontime facials. For macho males, from Wall Street bankers to Los Angeles construction workers, a smooth, clear complexion has become as prized and pursued as a 32-inch waist and a ruddy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Macho Glop | 6/16/1980 | See Source »

...regular season produced a modicum of excitement, with few pretensions to drama. The Celtics surged as Washington faded, the Western race heated up, Milwaukee evoked angst and the league's complexion received a much-needed face-lift...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: A National Bore | 4/25/1980 | See Source »

...then I would say, "Yes, Nanny, visiting you is really clearing up my complexion...

Author: By Susie Spring, | Title: Looking out for THEM | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

Just when I began to believe that they were everywhere, my young married cousin invited me over for tea with her husband the doctor. As soon as I walked in the door she muttered something about my complexion. When I asked for a Coke, she brought me a glass of milk. She offered to drive me to the beach so I could gather shells. During the car ride back to the spa, my cousin asked me about my grade-point average and if he is Jewish...

Author: By Susie Spring, | Title: Looking out for THEM | 3/15/1980 | See Source »

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