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Word: fashionability (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...changing Britain, Heath is both proof and symbol of change-a recognition overdue by the Conservatives that class is rapidly going out of fashion. A man passionately dedicated to change himself, to "modernizing Britain," Heath is the very model of the meritocrat-the man making his way on his merits. Heath's merits include immense energy, ruthlessness when necessary, and politics in the very marrow of his bones. They are all qualities his Laborite opposite Harold Wilson possesses in abundance too, and many a tradition-minded Tory M.P. will admit privately that he voted for Heath just to nail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: THE FASHIONABLE MERITOCRAT | 8/6/1965 | See Source »

Mini bikinis have been seen in America for years. Stores have draped them over bronzed mannequins, fashion magazines have displayed them on their pages, and movies have made them a top box-office attraction. Some U.S. women bought them, but they wore them only in the privacy of their own swimming pools or not at all. Rarely did the bare look make it down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Beach | 8/6/1965 | See Source »

This summer the Nude Wave finally washed onto U.S. beaches, and women from Los Angeles to Long Island have been wearing all manner of suits of which brevity is the chief feature. Explains one Westhampton, L.I. matron: "American fashion is now dominated by teenagers. They have the figures and the courage to wear these suits, and adults-happily or not-are following their lead." Philosophizes another bikini-ite: "We have been ex posed to these suits for so long, it is now acceptable to wear them. In fact, if you've got the figure, it is considered almost square...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Beach | 8/6/1965 | See Source »

...walk towards the Capitol with the intention of convening the Assembly in the chamber of the House of Representatives." Spokesmen explained that the demonstration will "serve as a symbol of the desire of the people of the world to express their opposition to the Vietnam war in a democratic fashion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Viet Protest | 8/5/1965 | See Source »

...morsel from the previously published-only-in-Paris works of Olympia Press will disappoint smut lovers everywhere. It is at best a poor scraping from the bottom of the Candy barrel. Mamie Mason, Harlem hostess with the mostest, sets out to solve the Race Problem in her own forthright fashion by aiding and abetting two-tone cohabitation as widely and as often as possible among her vast collage of acquaintances. As a single, running, off-color joke, the novel turns out to be neither very funny nor very dirty. The level of its humor is set by Negro Author Chester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Current & Various: Jul. 30, 1965 | 7/30/1965 | See Source »

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