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When Sue Raffety was attending high school in Blackwell, Okla., in the 1950s, she and her classmates wore heavily caked makeup and ruby-red lipstick. "It looked like hell," recalls Raffety, "and hurt our skin. At the time, however, we thought we were glamorous." Like many women, Raffety has done, well, an about-face on cosmetology, and today she prizes those products that help foster a fresh, natural appearance. As the senior reporter-researcher in the Economy and Business section, Raffety suggested and worked on this week's cover story about one of the cosmetics industry's largest...
...fluently in five languages, then plunged into their midst to shake outstretched hands. For Vatican and Italian police, the public appearances were a security nightmare. For officials of the papal household, they were also somewhat of an embarrassment: the Pope's white cassock sleeve cuffs sometimes became covered with lipstick marks...
...describe it, you'll have to hear it. And to symbolize his uniqueness, we're holding this gig at unique places around the country--you know, places you wouldn't expect to hold rock'n'roll promos," his starry-eyed press agent said from behind her intense lipstick and boots up to here...
Right from the start, Isabel admits the "murderous" influence of her father as readily as she acknowledges the importance of her upbringing in an oppressive Catholic subculture. In the course of Final Payments, Isabel, always tempted by sweets, lipstick, and high heels, reacts ambivalently to both influences. She is simultaneously sarcastic and sympathetic, resentful and grateful...
...also gave America's greatest mad scientist director, Stanley Kubrick, the chance to experiment with Nabokov's novel--and the result remains titillating. Some will argue that Sue Lyons was too old to play Nabokov's beguiling nymphet. But you have to know that those sunglasses and red lipstick and tight pants sum up the early 60s' teen angel. Others will tell you that James Mason's manners are too good to convey the sick depths of Humboldt Humboldt's jealousy; but it's precisely this polish that lends Humboldt that extra edge of perversity. And then there is Peter...