Word: alterations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...well as functional. Braun hired Designer Heinrich Ernst Hoelscher in 1955 to re-engineer the company's products along lines that had already been adopted in the U.S. The men could do little to change the clumsy German name for the bra-Büstenhalter-but they did alter the garment itself. Out came deeply plunging bras made of stretchable synthetics with less padding and no old-fashioned bones; lighter, flower-patterned girdles; filmy nylon slips and translucent shortie pajamas. They instantly captivated Germany's willowy, style-conscious girls-to say nothing of their husbands. The synthetic stretch...
Were the first two conditions fulfilled and a university to refuse to alter the situation, the Office of Education would "initiate the process as outlined in Title VI," he continued. The provision calls for a series of hearings before any cutoff occurs...
...ANNE SHOW ALTER Scotia...
...statistician, he specializes in the laws of probability. As a cabaret performer, he defies them. For when Satirist Tom Lehrer "retired" from show business in 1960 to return to math and Harvard, he deliberately buried his alter ego-and, it seemed, any chance of a comeback. Many fans even believed widespread reports that he had killed himself. Instead it was Lehrer who was slaying the customers last week at San Francisco's hungry i, where he proved to be the nightclub's biggest draw since the Limelighters played there...
Before long, Eastern surfers may well outnumber those in the West. Thanks to the Gulf Stream, the summer sea off Cape Cod is warmer than it is just north of Los Angeles, some 550 miles farther south. Says Hobie Alter, the West Coast's leading surfboard manufacturer: "The East has 1,500 miles of warm water in the summer. We have maybe 200 miles on the West Coast, and much of that is away from the centers of population." What is Hobie going to do about it? For a start, he already has eleven East Coast distributors, seven more...