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Beauty By Numbers.(men believe eyes to be the sexiest feature)
Beauty By Numbers
The Eyes
Whoever said that the eyes are the window to the soul could not have guessed what colored contacts and tiny jars of overpriced cream might imply about our national psyche. While many of us claim them as our favorite feature, we always seem to be keeping an eye out for ways to improve our orbs. NSARAH VAN BOVEN
1878: Year Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford coined the phrase OBeauty is in the eye of the beholder.O 44: Percentage of women who say their eyes are their sexiest feature. 31: Percentage of men who say a womanOs eyes are her best feature. 11: Number of parts that make up
the human eye, including the
retina, lens, pupil, cornea, and iris. 800: Number of new eye-shadow shades created by cosmetics companies in 2004 and 2005. 40: Percentage of Americans who believe that wearing glasses makes
a person look smart. 1937: Year writer Dorothy Parker quipped, OMen seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.O 60: Percentage of men who disagreed with Parker in a 2004 survey by the Essilor lens manufacturing company. 1967: Year in which Van Morrison wrote OBrown-Eyed GirlONoriginally entitled OBrown-Skinned Girl,O until he changed the lyrics because Oit just sounded better or something.O 2005: Year in which the White House announced that OBrown-Eyed GirlO gets regular rotation on George W. BushOs iPod during his bike workouts. 60: Percentage of ...
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