Word: baring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cocktail parties, consider Calvin Klein's salmon crepe-de-chine long-sleeved blouse with banded collar, and his separate matching narrow-front wrap skirt (both for $232). Finally, for that most glamorous evening, the jewel of the wardrobe: Halston's peach silk crepe-de-chine evening jumpsuit, bare back, with halter top, bias cowl neck and bias self-sash at waist...
...this pitch-black room not much bigger than a walk-in closet, the actors waited alone, standing among bare furniture and containers of Jiffy Pop. They listened nervously for cues and silently urged one another on with nods of the head and "O.K." signs. Through the narrow doorway, only the orchestra was visible and the brightly-lit scrim which changed color from scene to scene: red, green, blue. Stage lights turned the air to a tinged blue haze which echoed with the disembodied voices of actors and laughter and applause. Every so often an actor dashed through the greenroom, grabbing...
...pounds worth of shredded foam rubber. "Don't miss the best part," everyone advised. About ten minutes into Act Two they hurled themselves into those costumes in the back lobby of the theater for the popcorn ballet. The lightening quick change was an art--wigs off, costumes off, leotards bare, popcorns on; each actress had a dresser to help her and each reached her mark just barely on time. They grabbed their "shells" as two actors rushed by to grab "flames." The audience went wild. Four minutes later, the process shifted into an equally-frenzied reverse...
...turning and returning to the nominations for this and that, applications for such and such, transcripts, interviews with large corporations, whether to lithograph one's resume or simply have it xeroxed. For once, they have to give up their celebrated "free flow of ideas" and knuckle down to the bare facts of who's getting what...
...savings by eliminating many luxuries home buyers have taken for granted: picture windows, sliding glass doors, cathedral ceilings and, frequently, appliances. Some developers build the houses in clusters, saving on labor costs as well as land. They also economize by using aluminum or formica siding, and leaving the lot bare...