Word: hoop
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...companions are equally handsome, Olivia, in mourning for her brother, wears brown and black, and carries a conical parasol. Her conniving uncle Sir Today, a toper, is a monstrous barrel of rose wine come to life, with a wide sash just barely able to function as a hoop to keep the barrel from bursting. The foolish Sir Andrew is dothed in an orange and claret that are subtly incompatible...
...fact that she has been named the Best Dressed Woman in America. "I do love the new things, but I think my husband [a fledgling lawyer] might object," she said. So she picked out a real Shakespearean number with long sleeves, high lace collar and floor-length hoop skirt from the festival's storage shop...
...Murphy, president of the Campbell Soup Company and chairman of the Business Council, was quoted in the New York times of May 14 as saying, in regard to the current interest in auto safety, "It's all of the same order as the hula hoop--a fad. Six months from now, we'll probably be on another kick." Your editorial of May 13 on highway safety reflects a similar vein of though. In addition, you have chosen to label Ralph Nader, one of the protagonists, as "flamboyant" and suggest that the American public will soon tire of his effort...
...publicity buildup made it sound like the Second Coming. "The most electrifying entertainer in the world," pealed a CBS advertisement on air day last week, "has a new hit on her hands . . . even more exciting than the first." The morning after, many a critic looped ecstatically through the hoop. Color Me Barbra, the show was called, and one reviewer exclaimed, "Color her magnificent." "She is the only younger superstar around," cried another. "The show of this year," declared a third. Yet for all the press raves and the excessive bravos of the studio audience, last week's Barbra...
Harvard reeled off 10 straight points. Grate sank three foul shots, and Gene Dressler hit a jumper from the corner. Then Grate stole the ball, leaped above the basket, and dropped the ball over his right shoulder into the hoop. His foul shot made the score 20-19 and successful drive by Keith Sedlacek put Harvard in front for the first time. The Crimson led at halftime, 33 to 28, and never relinquished the lead...