Word: lanning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with true zeal-Schmidt will check in at Montreal at 6 ft. 1 in. and 178 Ibs., some 10 Ibs. heavier than she would like -the excess due more to weightlifting than beverages. Schmidt also will take to Montreal not only her immense desire to win, but her élan, something that her archfoe lacks...
...Florence, who sells women's shoes at from $82 to $420 a pair, operates out of a grand salon that could have been lifted from a jet-age Florentine palazzo. Roberta di Camerino's place, which specializes in sportswear and $200 velvet handbags, has the piny élan of a ski shop at Cortina d'Ampezzo. Bookseller Angelo Rizzoli (who sells magazines, newspapers and records in many languages, as well as lithographs that range in price from $85 to $9,000) spent $2 million fitting out his shop with Vicenza marble floors, solid walnut balustrades and Renaissance...
...worldwide respect as creative interpreters of a way of life-and style. It is a rebellion and an achievement that has been building since World War II. But it has, in the eclectic fashion world of 1976, undeniably come of age and attained a new level of élan and confidence. "I think for the first time that the attitude that the American woman has about dressing is the concept most admired and emulated in the world," says Grace Mirabella, Vogue's editor in chief. "It is because she is on to something-a certain way and kind...
Like Chauvin. By way of retaliation, U.S. presidential hopefuls may be tempted to emulate France's Nicolas Chauvin and cry a pox on all alien coinages. Admittedly many of these words and phrases are silly, frilly, misused and mispronounced by Yanks; they range, without any particular élan or éclat, from soupçon and soupe du jour to déjà vu and á la almost anything. However, there are hundreds of French words imbedded in the English language for which there are no substitutes-even the politician may find it hard to oppose the tongue...
...secondary role of the Saracen his magisterial elegance of line, as well as a Tartar-like ferocity surprising in a dancer noted for ethereal courtliness. Hampered by an ankle injury, Nureyev as Jean de Brienne performed his four demanding solo variations with visible strain; the unmistakable élan and animal dynamism were there, but not the usual accuracy. Still, his work with Cynthia Gregory was a model of supportive adoration...