Word: cathay
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Azerbaijan may seem a remote corner of the world, but this was once the land of the all-powerful Medes, the birthplace of Zoroaster, and from its capital of Tabriz the Mongol Khans ruled an empire that stretched from Egypt to Cathay. Though a disastrous series of earthquakes leveled every trace of Tabriz's great palaces, the region's ethnic Turks remain a driving force in Iran. Not only do they represent more than a third of the population (5 million in Azerbaijan, 8 million more in the rest of the country), but they are the nation...
...agreement to serve as exclusive consultant to China's embryonic fashion industry. The Parisian may have his haute couture models reproduced in China, where the workmanship is exquisite and cheap, creating a new export trade for the Middle Kingdom. If the contract works out, 10% of Cardin-Cathay will be reserved for sale inside China, which is probably wise, considering the fact that in France even a readymade Cardin frock sells for at least $200, as much as the average Chinese worker's income for about seven months...
...displayed in its entirety next month in Peking and Shanghai, ranges from garments with thigh-high slits and see-through torsos to dresses and coats with overstuffed "pagoda" shoulders and gold kimono jackets worn over tight silk pants. The designer, who has spent four years plotting the Cardinization of Cathay, makes abundant use of the country's magnificent silks and cashmeres but yields nothing to Maonotony. "Vroom!" he cries. "It's the shock that will be interesting. Why should I copy Mao collars when what they want is dresses from Paris? The Chinese have lost their suspicion...
...smog morning light. The ornate colonialist skyscrapers now house party and government offices. Gone from hi front of the old Hongkong & Shanghai Bank are the bronze Britannic lions. Another old bank has been transformed into an absorbing museum of ancient art. The Peace Hotel, built as the Cathay by Sir Victor Sassoon hi the mid-1930s and now the premier hostelry for Western visitors, is creaky and listless, but it can still mount a banquet worthy of an Emperor. At a school hi Shanghai's Yangpu district, 34 exquisite young voices rehearse a song that turns...
Along with these revelations came some less grave?but still nasty?ones. In Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific Airways fired its director of flight operations, E.B. ("Bernie") Smith. Only two weeks ago, he was pictured in four-color ads in U.S. magazines, describing Lockheed's Super-TriStar as "the most intelligent aircraft I've ever flown." But Cathay Pacific found that Smith was the official identified in Church subcommittee documents as receiving $80,000 in Lockheed money from an "unidentified British agent living in France." He got the payment for helping Lockheed sell planes to other lines...