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Word: buttoned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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This spring Marimekko has come of age. Veering away from the pseudo ivy league button-down, shirtwaist styles, and the blatant tents for which it had become known, its lines are tamer. However, the effect is definitely on the wild side. A few styles retain excess fullness, but most are slimmed down and even semi-fitted. The trend from small geometric and corny floral-like prints to bold architectonic designs is an improvement. Wrought iron and fossil prints as well as the large circle designs really grab you. Specific spring shapes are back fullness, semi-A (fitted to waist), real...

Author: By Susan M. Rogers, | Title: Experts Say: "Plus la change; plus la meme chose" | 4/8/1964 | See Source »

...closets where lights burn all day and all night just because someone didn't turn them off." He spoke of the need to take a fresh view of U.S. relations with recalcitrant allies: "People feel that all we need to do is mash a button and determine everybody's foreign policy. But we are not living in that kind of world any more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Image of a Simple Man | 3/27/1964 | See Source »

...Instead of patting Otto Passman on the back, he should call his bluff. In the same television press conference in which he conceded that foreign aid would have a rough going this year, Johnson lashed out at those who thought all international problems could be solved by "mashing a button." These same people are opposing the AID program, and they should be attacked with equal energy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LBJ's Unstrategic Retreat | 3/25/1964 | See Source »

...films will be readily available for study, the Attorney General added. There will be specially equipped booths in the Library to which "an individual can come, press a button, and see a particular press conference or trip on film...

Author: By Hendrik Hertzberg, | Title: Kennedys, Pusey and Black Address Businessmen at JFK Library Dinner | 3/24/1964 | See Source »

...work not because she has to make ends meet but because she wants to live better, buy a second car, take a European vacation, or bankroll her children through college. The automation of factories has actually opened more places for her, since no brawn is needed to press a button...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor: The Difference That Sex Makes | 3/20/1964 | See Source »

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