Word: masse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gradually I weaved my way through the mass of books. My stack of notecards piled higher and higher...
...favored by slaveholders gave way to the gentler designation colored. Early in this century, when the legal battle against Jim Crow laws was being pressed by the N.A.A.C.P., Negro returned, but with a respectful uppercase N. That gave way to black during the militant days of sit-ins and mass demonstrations during the 1960s. Blunt, proud and unequivocal, black embodied the sheer racial confidence that the civil rights movement had engendered...
While Sock Shop buys most of its wares from manufacturers, the four-store Sock Express chain in Manhattan has its own factory. Company founder Barton Weiss favors socks with rhinestones, zippers and buttons, all of which would be difficult for a mass manufacturer to produce. Weiss gets around the problem by employing 28 skilled costume builders to cut fabrics and put his socks + together. "I can have an idea tonight and have it in the stores tomorrow," he boasts. Growing curbside competition is proving a spur to innovation. One of the most popular styles in California is an anklet adorned...
...Tremouille said that what he termed Dietrich's conflict of interest should invalidate any ruling. Dietrich's architectural firm owns 1050 Mass. Ave., the value of which will rise sharply once Gund's project is developed, La Tremouille said...
Dietrich said that his firm has had "a limited interest" in 1050 Mass. Ave. since 1974, but he added that he did not know whether Zero Arrow Street would affect the property's value...