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Sporting hiking boots and a rumpled red flannel shirt, Walter Gilbert '53 looks like a scholar who spends more of his time out of the laboratory than in it. But any time that the maverick. Nobel Laureate spends outside Harvard's ivy walls is more likely to be in the boardroom than the great outdoors...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Gilbert Plans New Company | 10/15/1987 | See Source »

...apparently made some mighty miscalculations of its own. Analysts say its fall colors, weighted heavily toward gray, beige and olive, were too drab for many shoppers. The chain's staples -- roomy buffalo-plaid flannel shirts, ten-button Tees and jeans -- did not offer buyers anything fresh. Even Banana Republic's safari look was running out of steam. Meanwhile, copycat stores seemed to be appearing on every corner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Falling into The Gap | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

Trim, in good shape, in his grey flannel suit, White hardly looked like the political boss that his ward-savvy rhetoric suggested. He said the politics of the Boston which he served were of an era gone...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: White Gives Political Lecture | 9/22/1987 | See Source »

When a Wal-Mart discount store opens in your town -- which could happen soon if it has not already -- keep an eye out for a gray-haired 69-year-old wearing a flannel shirt and khaki pants. He may suddenly appear behind any Wal-Mart checkout counter to help the clerk approve a personal check. Or you may see the same grandfatherly figure driving his red-and-white 1984 Ford pickup through the parking lot, counting customers' cars as he goes. Or he may show up at the loading dock with a bag of doughnuts for a surprised crew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Make That Sale, Mr. Sam Wal-Mart's | 5/18/1987 | See Source »

After years of tradition, the buttoned-up flannel uniforms went out of style with the 1969 Mets. This made way for the Oakland A's of the early 70's and the beginning of the "polyester revolution...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: The Changing Styles of Major League Baseball Uniforms | 5/1/1987 | See Source »

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