Word: fats
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...consistently beneficial. Some feel that a man should be free to give as much as he wants to any party or candidate. The fact remains, however, that big money distorts the political scene. The only alternative to reform is still greater dominance of American public life by the fat cats who know, as California Political Veteran Jess Unruh regretfully observes, that "money is the mother's milk of politics." At this point, almost any congressional action would be better than nothing...
...even get you a seat in the front row." When Comedian Bob Hope drops that line on the political banquet circuit, it is always good for a few chuckles, especially from that shadowy elite whose six-figure donations keep America's political campaign machinery operating. Call them fat cats, angels, big-money men-by any name, they are all but indispensable to a serious candidate for the presidency...
Sales figures like that are produced, in part at least, by avoiding the use of words like fat. Nancy calls her customers "queen-size ladies" and is equally tactful about sizes. "Most stores call you small, medium, large or extra large." she says, "but in our shop you're Petite (size 16 to 20), Coquette (size 221 to 261) or Mademoiselle (261 to 321)." Anything larger ranks in the Duchess class. Nancy herself is in the Mademoiselle bracket, and she has ordained that all her models and sales personnel must be at least a size 16. "We never show...
Size 52 hot pants? It sounds improbable, but a cheerful 300-pounder named Nancy Austin not only wears them but markets them. She is drawing customers from all over the U.S. for custom-designed fat-lady clothes. Until she began selling her bright, fashionable originals at a small shop in Las Vegas, clothes for chubby women were mostly dismal, shapeless outfits intended primarily for camouflage. Nancy has other ideas. Her shop, which opened in May 1970 on a skinny $5,000 investment, is now grossing nearly $100,000 a year...
...makes gold lame pantsuits, gaucho pants, knickers and patio dresses, and refuses to rule out any particular style for her customers-except for "anything tight" and numbers with buttons all the way down the front (they may gap and pull open). Nancy Austin believes that her clothes make fat women feel happier. Perhaps so, but the effect is usually grotesque, suggesting that, on the whole, dieting would be a better solution...