Word: garbs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...undeniably a treat to look at Jane Greenwood's 19th-century costumes--the young men's informal garb, jackets slung over their shoulders during the sultry daytime hours; the spruce blue military uniforms with epaulets and fourrageres; the servants' red velvet cutaways at the ball...
...costumes that Jane Greenwood has fashioned are lovely, though sometimes a bit late for the period. The shipwrecked sibling twins Sebastian and Viola (disguised as a pageboy) wear Cavalier rather than Elizabethan dress, similar to the "Blue Boy" garb Greenwood provided for the 1966 production. Unwisely she made the Clown's outfit insufficiently differentiated from those of the rest of Olivia's household...
...acting and singing. Even more important, the orchestra worked at a consistently intense level of excellence, playing best in the most dangerous, exposed passages. Even the costumes add to the total effect--the beautiful but insipid drapery of Ariadne and her nymphs counterpoints the geometric design of the harlequins' garb...
...prosperity (annual economic growth rate: 12%) might be jeopardized by the energy crisis and worldwide recession, Park invoked Article 53 of his constitution, which allows him to take emergency measures "in time of natural calamity or grave financial or economic crisis." Trying to cloak his repression in the garb of national necessity, he declared: "In view of the rapidly changing international situation, particularly the turbulent waves caused by the fluctuations of the international economy ... I cannot but conclude that our fatherland faces an extremely harsh reality...
...know-short hair parted on the side, blue blazers and gray flannel slacks, loafers and preppy ties. That's the only way someone with his problems can be credible." Should George McGovern rally to yet another national election, Molloy would offset his ultraliberal reputation with strictly conservative garb. "People thought George was unstable in 1972. One day he was Broadway George in his wide tie and snazzy suit; the next, his somber suit and narrower tie said Middle America." In fact, Molloy would urge McGovern to "out-Nixon Nixon" in conservatism-with a single exception...