Word: garment
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...others in the running-John Lindsay, Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty and Republican Representative Paul McCloskey-only Yorty has received a number of substantial individual gifts. His main supporter is his campaign manager, Sam Bretzfield, a Los Angeles garment manufacturer. Charles Luckman, the architectural mogul, is another big contributor. Lindsay, on the other hand, is running out of pocket and wooing New York moneyed liberal Republicans; he has deserted their party, but Lindsay aides are still counting on their support...
Despite their popularity, double knits have drawbacks. Being less tightly bound than top-quality woven cloth, double knits develop snags more easily. Cutting them is a problem; a garment is sometimes larger or smaller than its stated size. Alterations are also tricky because rips or marks can be left behind when a seam is let out or a waist expanded. Since there is no such problem when a garment is shortened or taken in, it is better for customers to buy a garment that is a bit too big rather than a bit too snug. Moreover, because of the limitations...
...Bella Abzug has the loud, infuriated and infuriating genius of New York City-not Rockefeller Center New York, but the Lower East Side, the garment district and the West Side, which make up the constituency that she represents. Like the city, she is an acquired taste-always lively, usually difficult, often a delight...
...couple of years ago, Puerto Ricans could afford a sunny air of self-satisfaction. Businesses lured by tax benefits and tourists attracted year round by the cool sea and warm weather caused the island's economy to flower brightly. Now Puerto Rico is clouded by recession. Once-thriving garment and shoe industries are suffering from foreign competition, agricultural employment has plunged (soaring costs and shrinking markets soured the sugar industry), and the jobless rate has risen to 13%. Migration to the U.S. mainland, which declined during the boom years, is swelling again. The most obvious sign of Puerto Rico...
...should be turning out vests, dresses, overskirts, ponchos and other body coverings. Highly skilled artists like Mrs. Bernard concentrate on enormously intricate wall hangings. A much smaller but equally intriguing macramé work is a bikini of nylon strands selling for $32.50 at Manhattan's Macramania. Is the garment lined? "Good Lord, no," says Austin, "but the knots are pretty close together...