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“When the New York Times reported that Pavlichenko wore ‘no lip rouge or makeup of any kind,’ a female journalist felt compelled to ask her whether girls fighting in Russia were allowed to wear makeup at the front. Pavlichenko simply replied, ‘There is no rule against it, but who has time to think of her shiny nose when a battle is going on?’”