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trying to develop that 20-20 vision which is so sad- ly lacking in most of us.

So, what's new on the TV front? An interesting article in the fashion section of the World Journal Tribune (NY) announcing a "male fashion show" in early April which is to feature among other things "skirts for men". The article discusses this trend at great length and quoted opinions from well known "modistes". One of them believes that in another 20 years the skirt will be a part of the male ward- robe. My question is: "What happens to us TV's?" I can just picture Kay and Charlene having the last laugh on me! In the meantime feminine fashions for this Spring and Summer are definitely making TV life a little harder. The mini-skirt will become more and more popular. Some of the secretaries in the business district of NY have told me that they have already chopped off another two inches from their warm weather frocks. Just in case TVia read- ers are interested, I read that the best exercise to develop your thighs is to stand on tiptoe and then squat all the way down...come up again...and repeat...and repeat...and repeat..... There is no doubt that the Chevalier D'Eon had a much easier life than we do as far as lower extremities are concerned.

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February--we all know--was a cold, cold month. Not so for Jody of New Jersey. On a certain Sunday morning (the thermometer was dipping into the teens) she decided that she should have her picture taken while ice-skating. She remembered that the lake at Casa Susanna in the mountains was frozen solid. she drove the 150 miles with a friend...parked the car in a mountain of snow. opened our recreation hall and proceeded to make a quick change in the coldest atmosphere ever felt by a TV. She says the metal hook of the brassiere was so cold that it left a burn mark on her back! She then proceeded to march to the lake, about 300 yards away, put on her skates and...the picture was taken. When she returned to

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