Word: gown
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...income for high-visibility use of a product in an amount equal to the value of that product. The defense that some of the dresses were loans, not gifts, or that they are no longer worth very much once they have been worn, may not impress the IRS. A gown, even one that doesn't suffer soup stains, may depreciate from a $20,000 price tag to off- the-rack in a single evening. But that is the point of haute couture. Its value derives mainly from its once-in-a-lifetime wearing. Los Angeles designer David Hayes, from whom...
...despite the inevitable conflicts between town and gown, Harvard's relationship with the city has improved dramatically...
Some of the costuming was also well-done and frequently quite amusing. All of it was reasonably true to the time period (with the exception of the sailors' black loafers). And Sir Joseph's life-jacket, complete with gold tassels to assert his importance and the nighteap and gown which he later sports, made him even more of a comic figure...
First of all, there are the approximately 30 Harvard undergraduates who went to Rindge and Latin. They are the most obvious connection between the two schools, the visible link between the town and the gown...
...groom wore black and white and looked pale. His bride was glowing in a pristine white gown, even though it was the third time around for both of ! them. After a public affair that helped bring about his defeat in last month's elections, former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, 70, and Dimitra Liani, 35, were married last week in Athens. "This is the happiest day of my life," he gushed...