Word: designer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some Sisleys and Vuillards belonging to a crusty old patriarch named Loomis Gage. For Gage, read Snopes; Henderson is soon in far beyond his depths of courage or cunning with this moody, devious clan. The old man's fortune comes from some patents he took out on parking-lot design when he noticed cars on the road after World War I. Eventually the courts caught up with him, and dwindling reserves have forced the Gages into some rascally conniving and serious plans for the picture collection...
...small man of 60, given to pinstripes, bow ties, and tortoise- framed half spectacles, somehow evokes the idea of Cole Porter. Known variously as Jimmy, J.G. and Mr. Galanos, he is most often referred to, in the stores where he makes personal appearances, with an awed "He." "I design for a very limited group of people," he says. "Basically, we are in the $4,000 bracket. It is a question of attitude: either you appreciate quality...
Wider and plusher than standard airline seats, TWA's lounger has a little padded footrest and reclines up to 40 degrees. Says its developer, TWA Industrial Designer Daniel Sauter: "It's a kind of mixture between a barber seat and a La-Z-Boy chair." The design redistributes weight to the legs and back, putting less of it on the buttocks. TWA expects that its lounger will keep it flying high in transatlantic business, where it now leads all other airlines. Says Jesse Liebman, a TWA vice president: "Passengers vote with their feet." With other parts of their anatomy...
...design, there was no official statement about Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, better known as Star Wars; the U.S. made clear it would not seek any endorsement. But the subject dominated Reagan's bilateral talks with the other leaders. The President stressed the potential advantage to other countries of participating in the research for the missile-defense program, which he said could have important nonmilitary applications. Canada's Mulroney and Japan's Nakasone were politely noncommittal; others were interested, but in some cases skeptical, about just what contributions the U.S. wanted. Said Italy's Craxi: "We don't want...
...pity that Hugh Taylor, Arthur Rotch, and Kent Smith couldn't come up with a better design for living for the Lowell...