Word: hubertism
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...pillbox hats, the three-quarter-length sleeves, the lace mantillas, the overblouse dresses and the sleeveless A-lines. It's also the story of a consummate act of imagemaking. As a Bouvier, she was born with a taste for all things French. By her 20s, that meant anything by Hubert de Givenchy, the French disciple of Balenciaga. Givenchy had dressed Audrey Hepburn in sleek, clean lines that were the last word in mid-'50s modern, a style Jackie adopted as her own. But by 1960, John F. Kennedy was running for President. It would not do for him to have...
...point, right? If Duke could lose to UConn in 1999 despite being 15 point favorites, no sane person can predict with little more than a hunch who will be dancing on the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome court three Monday nights from...
...then, is this Rock of Gibraltar of world order showing so much wear of late? Every day it seems the headlines reveal another nasty fissure. When the U.S. and Britain bombed Iraq two weeks ago, they didn't even inform France or Germany in advance. The French Foreign Minister, Hubert Védrine, denounced the raid last week as having "no legal basis"-so much for solidarity. European leaders are deeply anxious about Washington's plans to build a limited missile shield, but the Bush Administration has said bluntly that while it's willing to talk over the details...
...holiday party, a television reporter I'll call Hubert was telling me about going to the Supreme Court to observe oral arguments. "The extraordinary thing about Clarence Thomas is that he doesn't simply not ask questions," Hubert said. "He doesn't move. Not a muscle...
...What are you implying?" I asked. Hubert shrugged, and walked off to replenish his drink...