Word: flannels
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach...
...according to St. Paul, is worshiping any god but God. In Schulz's "child's garden of reverses," says Short, false idols are plentiful, and the wages of sin are paid in terms of an "emotional clobbering." Thus Linus' beloved blanket-"only one yard of outing flannel stands between me and a nervous breakdown" -is constantly threatened by the dog Snoopy or the visiting grandmother who disapproves of such habits (and drinks 32 cups of coffee a day). Lucy's love for Schroeder goes unrequited; the heart of the little blond pianist belongs only to Beethoven...
...Instantly British teenagers, themselves weary of the butch look, flocked to the tiny Chelsea workroom, emerged looking more like Cossacks and guardsmen, sailors and hockey players. Audacious in concept, vivid in execution and realistically priced ($20 and up), Mary Quant's offbeat styles (a typical dress trimmed red flannel with black lace, included a striped bodice and a quilted hem) caused such a local stir that buyers hurried over from abroad. Today, with a posh London office, a vast European market, and outlets in 45 American department stores, Mary Quant is a $3,000,000-a-year business...
...sculpture seems like the pastime of a thousand elves. Perhaps the tiny fellows actually exist in the mischievous mind of Alexander Calder, who, at 66, has all the mien of a beardless Santa Claus, right down to his habitual red flannel shirt. He has given so much to the world for so long that he is the U.S.'s best-known artist abroad. His fancies in metal strike many people as toys, but also remind them that toys are made to stimulate the imagination...
...that slowly were making Russia a less revolutionary place to live in: Khrushchev's "peaceful coexistence" with the West, and his ever greater emphasis on consumer production at the expense of heavy industry and armaments. They are members of the generation that has been labeled "Communists in grey flannel suits...