Word: navel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...yards and factory dumps for his materials, which he assembles elaborately. Paolozzi begins by pressing his bits of industrial detritus into soft clay, which he then fills with soft wax. Then he combines hundreds of small wax forms to build up his figures. A cogwheel may do for a navel, a phonograph pickup for an arm. Finally cast in bronze, they become mysterious idols of fusion and confusion. Explains Paolozzi: "My occupation can be described as the erection of hollow gods with the head like an eye, the center part like a retina . . . the legs as decorated columns or towers...
...their bleeding stanched. Separated at last, each twin had her own quartet working independently-and with welcome elbow room-to close the fibrous covering that encapsulates the liver. After 4 hrs. 40 min., it was over. As a final esthetic touch, the surgeons had divided the twins' common navel so that each girl, after skin grafting, would look normal-if she lived...
...afford to show more of their figures. Says Neiman-Marcus Buyer Sally Tutt: "The Bikini will be a big thing this year for sun and fun. The well-traveled waistline has been going up and down since fashion de-emphasized the bosom, and the spotlight is now on the navel...
Last week Murata's long-awaited book on his philosophy finally came out, and though copies of it were snatched up, its author was no longer alone in the navel business. One of Japan's top beauticians, Mrs. Aiko Yamano, hit upon the idea of mixing a perfumed olive oil with a bit of lanolin and persuading women to pour a few drops into their navels before retiring. She called her oil "BB" for Brigitte Bardot. Girls in their 20s, she found, began sprouting pimples in spite of this treatment, but women over 30 developed clear, smooth skins...
...Method, also to be used when driving cars or writing letters: learn to let the air out of the lungs in small proportions by momentarily tensing muscles around navel as each portion is exhaled...