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7 Thursday September 3, 1987 DAILY NEWS iVj in -)yo6 53 Taylor-made, but snot worth a scent to me at this reception and asking that question. Nor could I imagine her answering it I could, however, imagine the aftermath, being escorted out the door by security guards. As I found out later, I couldn't ask her that anyway. According to a public relations person for the store, Taylor will only answer questions about Pas TOO 0 YE sion, not passion. And all questions must be submitted in advance.

Taylor's personal publicist will choose the questions she'll answer at the reception. YOU CAN IMAGINE the kind of questions she'll pick: "Miss Taylor, can you describe the exact moment when you had the brilliant inspiration for this marvelous new fragrance?" Perhaps I could rephrase my question. "What role did Eddie Fisher play in fomenting Passion?" Do you think it might work? Or should I save my $200? Copyright 1M7 TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICE It was tempting. But $200? For perfume I don't even like? The saleswoman said it doesn't matter whether I like Passion or not In fact, she said, it might be better if I didn't like it because I wouldn't be tempted to open it I could keep it, she said. For what? "It's a collectible," she said.

What isn't, these days? "It can only increase in value," she said. "And you can ask her a question. Ask her anything!" Like millions of other women, I find Elizabeth Taylor infinitely fascinat ing. Naturally, then, there are lots of things I'd just love to ask her. Is she really going to write a diet book? Will she marry Malcolm Forbes? What's all this about George Hamilton and some blond? Will she ever get a decent part again? How many chins did she used to have? Are she and Joan Rivers really friends now? How's the food at the Betty Ford Center? When all is said and done, though, there's only one question I'd ask her, if I could: "What in the world did you ever see in Eddie Fisher?" But I couldn't imagine standing up ITS AMAZING HOW the stars can influence your life.

Elizabeth Taylor, for example. One day last week I found myself standing at a department store perfume counter seriously considering spending $200 for an ounce of her new perfume, Passion. Suddenly I heard the star's unmistakable voice in the background. "I have a passion for life," she said. "I have a passion for a lot of things." The voice came from a promotional video running continuously next to the perfume counter, which had been draped, rather funereally I thought, in purple moire silk in honor of the new fragrance.

"Passion is every woman's best friend," the voice said, egging me on. Given some of the vicissitudes of her life, one might question whether passion has indeed been Taylor's best friend. But who would know better than she? The problem with buying Passion, apart from the question of whether my charge account would tolerate the shock, was that I can't stand the stuff. It's a heavy floral-oriental scent, "a sensuous blend of brilliant floral and distinctive Oriental notes," according to a descriptive flyer. "Beautiful and Enduring." I'll say.

Two drops could clear a room. So why buy it? Well, if I were to part with $200 for an ounce of "limited Edition Signature Parfum" in a "crystal-faceted violet perfume bottle" with an "inscribed gold message from, Elizabeth Taylor," the purchase would entitle me to an invitation to a By FRANCES McMORRIS haven't been so happy about a group disbanding since the Gestapo." Not satisfied with that jab, said Mendelson, Carson followed it up with a barrage of dentist jokes after Mendelson wrote him demanding a "smirk-free apology." Sample: "Michael, I won't say that dentists are kinky, but how many other people do you know who get their jollies sticking a tiny mirror in a truck driver's mouth to look at a piece of pork sausage caught on his molar?" And: "Were it not for dentists we would never have the opportunity to look up a grown man's nose." Mendelson charged Carson with invasion of privacy, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional anguish and wants the $5 million to deaden the pain. Carson's lawyers, in their court papers, said Mendelson is suing in "the misguided hope that Carson will settle the matter rather than go to the trouble of litigating." Daily News Staff Writer Heeeere's Johnny, up to his tort in a $5 million lawsuit by a Long Island dentist who doesn't think the talk show king's dentist jokes are funny. Johnny Carson hit a nerve, says Melville, L.I., dentist Michael Mendelson in papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday, when he told viewers of his April 18, 1986 show: "Imagine dentists going out of business. I reception where, the saleswoman assured me, I would get to ask the star a question.

3 1 Symphony Orchestra and New York Lyric Circus Sun rises In New York 6:26 perform at end of Bryant Park a.m., seis p.m., rises Tomorrow 6:27 a.m., sets 7:23 P.m. moon rises p.m., moon sets 12:29 a.m., Morning Outdoor Festival. Park's Great Lawn. Proceedings: pianeis: mars, jupirer. evening planets: mercury, Venus, auiurn, uranus.

Thursday, Sept. 3, 1987: All city parking regulations are in effect today and tomorrow. 10 a.m. Neighborhood Network releases findings on 10 a.m. Heroin conspiracy Aug.

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Full L10. Now asbestos contamination in Massapequa High School, and calls for school to be The New Great Wall Restaurant, 4059 Broadway Vincent's Clam Bar, 1 1 9 Mott St. Reopened: Star Ship Deli, 6 E. 48th St. QUEENS Boulevard Diner, 31-10 Northern Blvd.

Chung Wah Kitchen, 172-22 46th Ave. Joseph's Luncheonette, 126-94 Willets Point Blvd. Reopened: Cafe Mondelo, 65-18 Myrtle Ave. Lenny's Clam Bar, 196-50 Northern Blvd. BRONX Tony's Pizza, 2137 Williamsbridge Road BROOKLYN Flat-K Luncheonette, 4926 Avenue Famous Stationery, 1924 Kings Highway Reopened Golden Pizza, 246 Reid Ave.

Hellenic Village Coffee Shop, 1988 Flatbush Ave. Youngs Coffee Shop, 589-91 Fulton St. STATEN ISLAND Cangiano's, 2271 Hylan Blvd. trial involving alleged mobster Angelo Ruggiero resumes. Brooklyn Federal Court 10 a.m.

Mario Biaggi-Meade Esposito bribery trial continues. Brooklyn Federal Court. 11 a.m. Dispute over estate of Rockefeller heiress Margaret Strong de Cuevas High Low a.m. p.m.

a.m. p.m. closed pending investigation and cleanup. Pressroom, state Supreme Court Building, Mineola, L.I. 4:04 4:4310:21 11:20 5:1511:01 10 a.m.

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High 70-75. Clearing tonight. Low 56. Long Island: Partly sunny with cool breeze today. High 68-73.

Clear and chilly tonight. Low 48-54. Northern Westchester and Fan-fleM: Clouds and cool breeze today. High 67-72. Clear tonight.

Low 44-50. Northern New Jersey: Clouds and sunshine with a cool breeze today. High 67-72. Clear tonight Low 44-50. Tomorrow floor, 32d St.

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