Word: fashioner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...showed the cards we used at registration to Sargent Kennedy," Abramson declared, "but he must have read it in a cursory fashion, for he approved them at that time. We had some doubts about the plan, but decided to go ahead with...
...since 1942, when it dropped its sprawling, double-deck cover title, had the Saturday Evening Post (circ. 4,600,000) made major changes in its makeup. But last week readers of the Satevepost saw a big difference. There were more pictures-some spread across two pages or running necklace-fashion around text. There were wider margins, gaps of white space, splashier illustrations, and a Collier's-like short-short story. As body type for its stories and articles, the Satevepost replaced its familiar Century Schoolbook type with a lighter version of an old-fashioned design by John Baskerville, great...
Armed with these basic tools and propelled by the collapse of his father's wine-making interests, Felix stopped into the world of fashion. Though at first only an elevator operator, he quickly changed his station. There followed a dazzling set of conquests for Felix which satisfied him immeasurably. Women young and old fell before his polished manners and Greek grace. They delighted in his thievery of both their riches and their virtue. Men begged for his fellowship. He was supremely happy to have the liberty of refusing or granting these favors as he wished. He achieved his grand triumph...
...joined the Roman Catholic Church, and since there was no church of that denomination any nearer, he could stay at home Sundays from now on." Other members of the family adapted themselves to the manners and morals of the day with equal resourcefulness. Cousin John Rand, a fashionable Victorian portrait painter and the inventor of the collapsible paint tube, was a fine figure of a man. "He stood an even six feet, four inches; his wife did not quite reach five feet. Fashion decreed that the lady should always take the gentleman's arm, but alas...
Aside from the convincing fashion in which the Crimson placed nine men among the top 12, the most pleasing part of the afternoon was the fine showing of three members of last year's freshman team...