Word: french
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...common benefit. The research carried out will not only be of military value; three-fourths of the research will have civilian applications. We can add a lot to this effort, in sophisticated optics, for example. I would like other Europeans to cooperate with us in this effort, like the French, British and Italians...
...Prime Minister set an example by spending $280 on imports at a Tokyo department store. But the results must have disappointed American manufacturers: Nakasone bought an Italian jacket and tie, a French sport shirt and a British dart board...
Great collections feed on disasters that shake leaves from other trees: wars, revolutions, depressions, bankruptcies. Albert's time was full of them, and he missed no chances. When the Austrian Prince de Ligne, who had the most renowned group of French drawings in Europe, was killed in the war against France, Albert bought the cream of his collection; he acquired another unrivaled group of drawings from Count Moriz von Fries when the count's bank failed in 1819; for 30 years he had agents scouring estates from Rome to London. In 20 years, 1792-1811, he spent more than...
...from Ohio. He and his wife Mary retired to a 42-ft. trawler. The answer, for them, is in the name of their boat, Yolo, for You Only Live Once. Donna and Will Adams spent nine winters on a 22-ft. sailboat called Echoue (Aground). He used to teach French at Lamar University in Texas. Now they sail and work at whatever comes to hand. "We like to read," Will explains. "This way we can do it six to eight hours a day." Another couple, former New Yorkers, admit that living together on a boat is a discipline. "You have...
DIED. Rudi Gernreich, 62, innovative Austrian-born fashion designer whose attempts to free women's clothing from rigid structure and the tyranny of French couture resulted in youthful, boldly colored, free-flowing styles such as tank dresses, miniskirts, the tank-top bathing suit, the see-through blouse and--most controversial--the topless bathing suit; of lung cancer; in Los Angeles. The 1964 strapped, topless suit sold 3,000 copies, outraged the Kremlin and the Vatican and afterward overshadowed the reputation he deserved for more influential work...