Sales, in both units and dollars, continue to be "very healthy, " Ms. Sontag says.

WSJ: Very Bright Lipstick, All the Time

If Jim Morrison coupled with Susan Sontag, the fruit of their union might resemble Patti Smith.

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Sontag said he disappeared so often that he had a neighbor call him whenever Bailey returned.

MSN: 'He started tearing up. I started tearing up.'

The list of contributors is formidable: Isaiah Berlin, Joan Didion, Susan Sontag, Edmund Wilson, etc, etc.

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"He's my buddy, so I always try and look out for him, " said Sontag, who has known Bailey seven or eight years.

MSN: 'He started tearing up. I started tearing up.'

They may be less price-sensitive with lipstick because they buy it only every three to six months, says Alicia Sontag, senior vice president of global marketing for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.

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Ms Sontag first made her reputation in the 1960s.

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The more concrete the writing, the better: Ms Sontag's flights of fancy, for example her whimsical musings on eating and dancing, inspired by Frank O'Hara and Jasper Johns, leave an impression of self-indulgence.

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However, Dan Sontag, president of the global wealth management group at Merrill Lynch--now part of Bank of America--said in a press conference that the downturn is slowing and that the affluent are starting to spend yet again.

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