Word: creation
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...first responses to the program around the country were favorable. Vernon Jordan, the National Urban League director who had criticized Carter for neglecting blacks' concerns, praised the program as an "improvement over the present system. The stress on job creation, the national minimum-income support level, the additional funds and the expansion of the current income tax credit are all positive aspects...
...central control over local governments. The bill was objectionable to all three opposition parties, since they have large municipal followings in some areas, and the unlikely trio teamed up to kill it. The setback was the first sign of parliamentary cooperation between the P.S.D. and the C.D.S. following the creation of a so-called con-vergencia democrdtica, in which the two parties, though shying away from forming a unified voting bloc, agreed to work together when possible. What irked the opposition, said Amaro da Costa, was the Socialists' frequent failure to keep it informed. "Everything was arranged...
Other designers have also produced variations on the Oriental theme. For the House of Lanvin-which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the creation of its Arpege perfume with a special showing of six dresses designed by Jeanne Lanvin in the 1920s-Jules-Francois Crahay paid homage to Asia with thick, quilted Tibetan coats, Mongolian jackets, and brilliantly colored folkloric ensembles. Even the names of the clothes were redolent of the enigmatic East -Petrograd, Katmandu, Marrakech and Salome...
...January 1975, Renault decided that the Salon d'Ete would be too expensive to complete and to maintain, and called a halt. Dubuffet, who says the ensemble of sculpture is "the sum of twelve years of work," promptly sued "to defend the right of the artist over his creation"-and lost. Undaunted, he has appealed the case, supported by a group of painters, musicians and writers, including Joan Miró, Pierre Boulez, Olivier Messiaen and Eugène Ionesco. Meanwhile, Renault has started to bury the concrete base and central basin of the monument. They plan to turn...
That is the non-IATA creation of Freddie Laker, the fast-talking Briton who has long been trying to crack lATA's monopoly on scheduled service between London and New York City by offering a daily, no-frills, nonreservation shuttle service at a round-trip price of just $236 (v. $631 for a 14-21 day summer excursion fare). IATA members vehemently opposed him, warning that his "Skytrain" service would hurt the scheduled carriers on the New York-London run and compel them to cut their losses by curtailing flights on less profitable routes elsewhere. Well, surprise. Now that...