Word: consciousnesses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...said of Columnist Heywood Broun that he resembled an unmade bed. This summer that dubious sartorial distinction is being emulated by fashion-conscious men and women from Fifth Avenue to Rodeo Drive. The look could be called Sloppy Chic. Its adherents insist that the clothes they wear be made of natural fibers-cotton, linen, silk-and that they look natural: unstructured, unlined, unstarched, unpressed. Their aim is to look carefree not careless, modish not messy, though the distinction may at times be more in the eye of the wearer than the beholder. "This year," says a buyer at Chicago...
...Conscious dishevelment is a far cry from the bandbox-fresh, polyester-crisp image that men and women, particularly men, have cultivated for so long. Yet in a way the rumpled, crumpled look is a logical extension of the recent trend toward self-liberation in fashion. "People today are willing to be comfortable, both physically and socially," says David Tessler, owner of San Francisco's City Island Dry Goods Co. boutique. "They have no use for constraints or formality." Fashion Savant Geraldine Stutz, president of Manhattan's Henri Bendel, declares not only that "the wrinkle is the apogee...
...thus portraying himself as an advocate of tax cuts and stringent budgets, Carter joined a swelling legion of vote-conscious politicians across the U.S. The President drew a sharp contrast between his position and that of Congress, which has been tinkering with his proposed $25 billion income tax reduction and threatening to spend more than he had wanted. But there were some signs on Capitol Hill that Congress had heard the California message too. Said North Carolina Congressman James Martin, a conservative Republican: "I see people who've traditionally voted for everything, no matter what it cost...
...permanent jobs. Valdez has a modern high school to show for its troubles and a small, gleaming new hospital to serve its 4,500 inhabitants. Doubtless in response to environmentalists' protest, the eight-member consortium that runs the terminal takes great care to maintain a freshly scrubbed, spill-conscious image. Sea lions play in the water alongside the piers, salmon and herring run in season, and 24-hour emergency crews stand by to contain spills with floating booms, chemicals and scooping devices. Since tankers began arriving last year, about 20 bbl. of oil have been spilled. Two hundred fifty...
...have a new revolution. We are telling the government, 'Screw you!' " Jarvis, 75, the man behind Proposition 13, calls himself "a rugged bastard who's had his head kicked in a thousand times by the government." In a state known for its smooth-talking, image-conscious politicians, he is a gruff, rumpled throwback to Mencken's soap box demagogues. The face is bulldoggish, the figure dumpy, the voice a throaty croak. There are no silken buzz words in Jarvis' earthy speeches. In his repertory of epithets, Republicans are "the stupidest people in the world except...