Word: laurents
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Perhaps the least alluring covering ever devised for the female body, not excluding the Mother Hubbard, the feathers of the Harpies, or the St. Laurent trapeze, is the saggy, sorry habit of the British private-school girl. At best, the ensemble -long black woolen or cotton stockings, knickers that approach the knee, a vague navy-blue outer garment called a gym slip and a long-sleeved, high-necked blouse with a frumpy tie-makes her resemble a hockey goalie; at sorriest, a carelessly stuffed knackwurst. Cartoonist Ronald Searle immortalized the getup in his books on "St. Trinian...
...where are they running? With an almost theatrical sense of timing, the final report of the Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects-a special five-man board appointed three years ago by the Liberal government of Louis St. Laurent-came out last week with a thoughtful, well-documented prediction on what Canada may be in 1980. The commission's general conclusion: a largely urban, industrialized land of 27 million (v. 17 million today), a gross national product of $80 billion (v. $30 billion), a living standard higher by two-thirds...
...Quebec, which last year elected only nine Tories among its 75 M.P.s. In this aim, he seems to have the quiet cooperation of Quebec's powerful Premier Maurice Duplessis, who never liked the Liberals even when they were led by French Canada's own Louis St. Laurent, former Prime Minister, who retired in January...
...toga coats" by Jacques Griffe; the slope-shouldered "Sling Drape" by Castillo of Lanvin; the gently indented Egg-Cup Silhouette" by Jacques Heim. Three of the most important "looks" (see cuts) : Pierre Cardin's tapered "Sickle Silhouette," Guy Laroche's bouncy "Flounce Look," Dior Designer Yves Saint-Laurent's loose and swinging "Trapeze Line...
Operation in the doldrums is nothing new to Petrofina (full name: Compagnie Financiere Beige des Petroles). Says Managing Director Laurent Wolters in Brussels: "We consider that the time to buy is when things are bad, because you can get them at a reasonable price. Industry-wise, the situation is dreadful, but our situation is good." On a global level, the policy has worked well. Stripped of almost everything but its name after World War II, when the Communists nationalized its Rumanian oilfields, Petrofina swapped its license to refine in France with British Petroleum for a guaranteed supply of crude, revitalized...