Word: gracefully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years, his salon on Avenue George-V was the very citadel of haute-couture, and Cristobal Balenciaga, 73, was its lofty priest. The son of a Basque fisherman, Balenciaga created a legend rich in grace and splendor; elegant women-the Duchess of Windsor, Barbara Hutton, Queen Fabiola-cloaked themselves in the simple yet sumptuous designs that were his trademark. Thus the entire fashion world lost some of its sheen last week at the news that the House of Balenciaga is closing. Some said he is simply bored; others claimed that his disdain for "commercialism" and contemporary styles had caused business...
...worst. He transforms the repetitions of our lives so they shimmer and seem transfigured. But underneath it all is the beat. Bach is a fraud contributing to the rise of Capitalism in his proclamation of a transcendent life for businessman and worker. But are these lives rightly transfigured into grace...
...been expected. Instead, Reuther let his United Automobile Work ers fall 90 days late in monthly dues ($96,542) to the A.F.L.-C.I.O., thus causing his men to be suspended from all posts in the federation. "We didn't receive a check," announced the A.F.L.-C.I.O. as the grace period ran out. "They are automatically suspended...
...Papa-san Hemingway. He lifts weights. He excels at kendo, a Japanese swordfighting sport. He makes headlines by producing, directing, and acting in films. And, of course, he writes. How he writes! Poetry, modern No plays, short stories by the score, and novels (The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea) at the rate of nearly one a year...
...entire report. Present Federal aid to education is now geared to developing new "centers of excellence" around the country, and the report seems to assume that the current financial squeeze on established private college is going to get worse. With its final paragraph, the report delivers the coup de grace to the notion that Harvard can be universally excellent: "The Committee recommends that the Faculty concentrate upon a limited number of areas in which it can provide top-quality leadership rather than seek to achieve a full spectrum of appointments in every department and academic specialty. Given financial constraints...