They definitely aren't grunge girls in their pastel miniskirts, short tight T-shirts and swingy print dresses. In 10 weeks, author Judith Wills says, you can go from being 40 and frumpy to 40 and fabulous. Our giveaway of the week Legions of people cannot remember what they had for breakfast this morning or where they've misplaced their checkbooks. While it's hard to get reliable data from subjects who slobber at anything, experts agree that even newborns enjoy color.
Nobody gets a second chance to make a first impression.
This is especially true on a job interview. Your smile, handshake, voice, even the shoes you wear or pen you carry are some of the countless personal details that employers use to judge you. I ask because a great many military commanders apparently feel free to ignore the president, ignore the Congress, ignore the law and go to outrageous lengths to rid their ranks of suspected homosexuals. Two newly acquired paintings by Jacob Lawrence will be unveiled at the Detroit Institute of Arts on March 22 when the noted African -American artist is guest of honor at the museum's 34th annual Bal Africain. When mezzo-soprano Florence Quivar takes to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera to sing the role of the sorceress Ulrica in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, she is far from alone.