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...tended to be blue-red and caky in consistency; the '70s red is clear and guaranteed not to cake. So wide is the range of colors she has before her, a woman can now be her own Gauguin when she dabs away in front of her cosmetics mirror...
...mordantly suggests that the "ship of state" is actually the "four-door sedan of state," with the Administration and the Judiciary in the front seat, a tangle of legs simultaneously jamming on the brakes and pumping the accelerator. Behind them, the Houses of Congress primp in the rear-view mirror, snooze or practice orotund backseat driving...
...that's one of the reasons I don't play him. He eats up a performer. Schubert is my antidote for Beethoven." Brendel also wants to get into more Haydn. Which leaves only one great ambition. "What I really want," he concludes, eying his profile in a mirror, "is to play the lead in a Frankenstein movie...
...A.M.C. cars unveiled last week were mirror images of their 1971 counterparts on the outside. Inside, though, the sporty Javelin will feature optional trim and upholstery by Fashion Designer Pierre Cardin of Paris; the Hornet wagon can be had with finishing touches by Aldo Gucci, Italy's famed designer of leather accessories. Instead of new body styling, or the wide variety of models offered by its competitors, A.M.C. is making its major move in the area of warranties. Starting with the 1972 models, the company will pay for the repair of all defects during the first twelve months...
...finally, one long line of 24 Marines ready for inspection. Sergeant John Marley, the inspector, grabs a presented rifle. He whirls it, twists it, winds it round his shoulders, again and again with baton-twirler precision, and then flings it back. Next the double inspection-also known as "the mirror." Marley exchanges rifles with another Marine, and they repeat the routine, movements perfectly synchronized, rifles beating the air before being flipped back with the same seemingly casual contempt. Marley walks off looking straight ahead. It is the ultimate in precision drill; the crowd loves it and cannot stop clapping...