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Word: crepes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chapel. The next morning the Government of the College, continuing its policy of retaliation, expelled two Freshmen who had led the Class into Chapel and one Junior who was accused of making a disturbance in Chapel. Consequently, the Juniors in another defiant meeting overwhelmingly voted to wear Black crepe on their arms for the next three weeks to display their open hostility to the administration's injustice. They also resolved to publish a circular that would give a fair account of the events...

Author: By Ronald H. Janis, | Title: It Happened at Harvard: The Story of a Freshman Named Maxwell | 4/28/1969 | See Source »

...OSCAR DE LA RENTA thinks that natural shyness is probably responsible for the fact that Mrs. Nixon "hasn't started blooming yet." He envisions her as "ladylike" and "distinguished," an air she could cultivate by dressing in "a more feminine and fluid way." His boldly belled crepe pants suit with gold trim has that liquid look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Redoing Pat | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

Brooks proposes to start with clothes that make "strong, simple statements"-like his red-on-pink dinner gown in crepe with velvet and satin jacket. He would also like to see Pat wear more jewelry, including fancy belts and long chain necklaces hung with crosses or medallions. But he suspects that the President would not approve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Redoing Pat | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

...CREPE PEASANT BLOUSE with CREPE STOVE-PIPE SLACKS and India multi-mirror vest...that put together Gypsy-Peasant look...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christmas Gifts For Each and Everyone | 12/12/1968 | See Source »

...polls closed at 9 p.m. but people were there from 7:30 on. The room was filled with television sets, red, white and blue crepe paper, and balloons. The first results, in at 10:05 p.m., were discouraging: Hampton was ahead by 679 votes. Everybody was nervous, and the only people willing to discuss the outcome were members of the press. Kids watched the televisions, many of them cheering for Humphrey. Horace Kramer, Lowenstein's campaign manager, recalled that although he was losing, he wasn't trailing by as much as Herbert R. Tenzer, the retiring Congressman, had been...

Author: By Carol R. Sternhell, | Title: Al Lowenstein Goes To Congress | 11/9/1968 | See Source »

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