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...Britta Bauer, 29, German born and educated, was a model with no business experience when she started Cinnamon Wear in 1972. She and her partner Barry Lis, 31, have had a phenomenal success by breaking all the rules. Britta and Barry rarely advertise or hold shows, and carry basically the same clothes season after season. Reasons Bauer: "Often people will see something they like in a store, buy one, and go back for more of the same-only they can't get it. We like to give women a chance to come back and get what they like." Britta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Chic In Fashion | 3/22/1976 | See Source »

...complexity of some of the advanced versions of the game, says Gene Lewallen, a student at Georgia State University in Atlanta, "it's easy to understand the rules, and it's not long and drawn out like chess [average time to crack the code: 15 minutes]." Lis Nygaard, a television producer from Toronto, plays Master Mind on planes. She became a fan because, "You can break the ice with people. You get to know a lot about them: how they think, even what colors they like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: And Now, Master Mind | 12/1/1975 | See Source »

...mere $2. When there is no known coat of arms for a family, Halbert's will create one using heraldic symbols that suggest the family's country of origin. Italian-sounding names, for example, might be represented by a cross, French by a fleur de lis, and Irish by a harp. Boasts Halbert's president, Dennis Haslinger: "We use everything from lions rampant to eagles fessant." If the customer likes the design, he can order more expensive models, including a $350 deluxe version called "Cathedral Oak" that consists of a 22-in.-high coat of arms mounted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Arms and the Mail | 1/27/1975 | See Source »

...filled with parties of wealthy Greeks waiting with champagne. The crowd, well over 200,000 this time, was older, dressed in furs and Paris fashions; the scents were not of garlic and grass but of Chanel and Givenchy. Many carried candles to light as they had done when Caraman lis returned to Greece last summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Political Drama in a Classic Setting | 12/2/1974 | See Source »

Bill Hands scattered ten hits and Bobby Darwin, Larry Hisle and Joe Lis hit home runs as the Minnesota Twins buried the Boston Red Sox 10-3 under a 14-hit attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWINS DUMP SOX | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

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