One was familiar, of course, with the rapid ascent of her cultural star, as precipitous in its way as the fabled discovery of Lana Turner at a drugstore counter.

There was always a bench to sit on, a library to dream in, a drugstore counter where you could turn a cup of coffee into an afternoon's entertainment.

He turned to the man momentarily beside him andsaid, "I should be back behind the drugstore counter."

KwikMed appeals to those who are too embarrassed to see a doctor or to pick up prescriptions at the drugstore counter.

He brought it home, and out of drugstore counters, conference tables and bank doors, he made heirlooms in a basement workshop rich and full of mystery.

At the age of 10 he conducted a private desegregation drive in his hometown after being told he could not sit at a drugstore counter while drinking a soft drink.

The Three Investigators studied it while they were munching their supper at the drugstore counter.

Q. You've brought Coty from the drugstore counters to Neiman Marcus.

That's why, unlike theatre actors, movie actors have been found at a drugstore counter.

The intent was clear and it was the best I could do on a drugstore counter with a juke box blaring in my ear.