Word: crafting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that this photograph would become the enduring image of our failure in Vietnam. But it worked strongly on me, and still does: that wide-open sky waiting above the helicopter like freedom itself; the dark line of people bearing their hopes of deliverance; the apparent fragility of the craft, its precarious roost, the spindliness of the rotors on which all these hopes depend; and most eloquent, the figure of the crew chief silhouetted against the empty sky, pulling some fearful soul from one life into another, as we had set out to do by other means so many years before...
...While You Were Sleeping" attempts to be a romantic comedy with farsical plot twists. Most probably, only your stomach will twist with each painful attempt to craft a cute, witty, clever and plausible plot. In fact, so much of the film revolves around overheard and misconstrued conversations that you'll think you just bought an eight dollar ticket to see "Three's Company: The Movie...
...almost see them today as benevolent ghosts strolling along most of the world's runways. Hepburn died in 1993. In March, Givenchy showed his final fall collection in Paris before retiring. The collection was both meticulous and harmonious, reflecting the standards of luxe and craft he has always pursued. Many of 1995's fashion heroes, including Lagerfeld and Versace, took their inspiration from Givenchy. Stung by the consequences of forays into ugliness, they turned to a designer who has always brought grace and charm alive...
...came from a noble French family and, like many in his craft, knew as a child he wanted to be a designer. His atelier is on the Avenue George V, and it is his kingdom. His staff members are devoted to him and rarely leave his employ. On weekends he retreats to his 17th century chAteau near Chartres and gardens on a grand scale. He makes the rounds of his clients' weddings and christenings, for they are friends too. These women are concerned with details most people have not dreamt of: the sleeve, the lace, the length of the train...
Several Republican governors who helped craft aHouse-passed welfare reform billare now trying to make sure the Senate version is even more sweeping. While the House version preserved the $27 billion food stamp program as thefederal government's ultimate safety net, a new proposal by governors William Weld of Massachusetts, John Engler of Michigan and Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin would dismantle the the program and replace it with block grants to the states...