Word: chicly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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More sophisticated Mexicans took the comet in stride. At Tacubaya Observatory, Astronomer Guillermo Haro patiently explained over & over that there was nothing to fear, that the comet would soon disappear. Some tradesmen saw a chance to make money. A haberdasher advertised: "Comet Sale-Everything Goes Fast!" Gloria Duval, chic hairdresser at the Hotel Reforma, introduced a Comet Hairdo, an upswept...
Raoul Dufy is the 71-year-old granddaddy of modem chic. His personal blend of bright, carelessly smeared colors with shorthand draftsmanship is imitated in chichi perfume ads and fashion magazines month after month. Last week gallery-goers in Paris and Manhattan could see the real thing: paintings from Dufy's palsied but still brilliant hand and (in Paris) tapestries woven from his designs. The tapestries, reported Paris' Combat, were "a triumphal success . . . pure...
Since BBC is an old hand at television, London has become the Paris of TV fashions, and at least one of its graduates, Bea Lillie, has credited wardrobe know-how for her chic and youthful image on U.S. sets. But New York has picked up a few tricks, too, in recent months. Examples...
...Lasker, a chic 48, got interested many years ago in the things that kill and disable people. An old friend once asked for a $500 loan to send her mother to a hospital for treatment of cancer. Mrs. Lasker gave her the money, but it was too late. When the money had to be used for the mother's funeral, "that...
...stage with other Liberal bigwigs, dapper Louis St. Laurent, 66, Secretary of State for External Affairs, nervously fingered his bristly mustache. He was Mr. King's man and the convention's almost certain choice. In a nearby box sat chic, grey-haired Madame St. Laurent. As the ballots were counted, eager supporters kept rushing up to whisper to her: "Très, Très, Très bon." Each time she answered: "Attendez." They did not have to wait long for the formal announcement: St. Laurent on the first ballot with 848 votes...