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Word: casuals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Next day, hundreds of thousands of Cubans attended a mass rally in Havana's Plaza de la Revolucion. In deference to Castro, who was wearing his inevitable fatigues, the Soviet Party Chief, 67, abandoned his customary dark business suit for a casual tunic jacket and a white Panama hat. Anxious to impress the shirt-sleeved masses with his own blue-collar credentials, Brezhnev told the rally that he, his father and brother had all worked in a steel mill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: Bienvenido, Brezhnev! | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

...1930s theme was echoed by every Paris couturier from Givenchy, Balmain, Scherrer and Lapidus to Dior, St. Laurent and Chanel. Marc Bohan, Dior's successor, set the early pace. His skirts were long and supple. His jackets, closed at the waist with a narrow belt, were full and casual. Evening dresses, as diaphanous as lingerie, hint of luxury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Retro Look | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

...team, a very big win. And from the post-game reaction of the fans, a casual passer-by might have thought that Harvard had just won the national championship or something...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Rock Steady | 2/6/1974 | See Source »

...Neill attended Roman Catholic schools. He was a casual student and, though he kept getting elected captain of his teams, an awkward athlete. Even so, local lore has it that he got his nickname as a young boy from one James Edward O'Neill, who batted an eye-popping .492 for the old St. Louis Browns in 1887. Those were the days when bases on balls were counted as hits in players' averages, and O'Neill was renowned for "tipping." off so many pitches that hurlers eventually walked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: An Apple That Fell Near the Tree | 2/4/1974 | See Source »

...This casual form fits the author like an old sports coat. Indeed, he used it ten years ago in Powers of Attorney. The characters are distinctly and intentionally minor. This includes Beekman ("Beeky") Ehninger, whose amiably flaccid presence is spread thinly but creamily throughout the book. At 56, Beeky is more legal lap dog than beagle. By his own admission, he cares more about the firm than he does about the law. His main contribution to Shepard, Putney & Cox was to have saved the firm in 1946 by retiring the aging, respected founder and then pirating two brilliant school chums...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiduciary Matters | 2/4/1974 | See Source »

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