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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1986
Page
8
A humorous reflection on how parent notes excused child absences evolved from simple stomach aches to elaborate, satirical excuses. It highlights changing parental roles, professional shifts, and the challenge of crafting convincing yet witty messages, suggesting grown children and decades of columns shaped the writer’s craft.
The Perry Ellis men's cologne ad features a model in a provocative monologue that ends with a crude line. Glamour New York Cosmopolitan Vanity Fair and Esquire plan to run the June issues, while The New York Times Sunday magazine and Women's Wear Daily rejected it. Publishers defend or condemn the ad as offensive or natural, with Parfums Stern saying the piece is not meant to offend.
Boston doctors used carbon 14 dating to measure age and growth of gallstones removed from 15 patients. Results show stones exist for at least two years before symptoms appear, but the average lag to pain is eight years and some stones remained silent for up to 13 years.
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