Word: maxi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even evidence of Women's Lib on the grammar school level. A fifth-grader drew Gloria Steinem "because she made me feel proud that I am a woman." Another girl, three years younger, was even more certain of women's rightful status. Her choice? God, wearing a maxi dress...
...spotty in the Midwest. Partly as a result of the housing boom, which lifted sales of higher-priced, higher-profit items like appliances and home furnishings, durable goods sales are up a hefty 31% from November of last year. Clothing sales are also strong because the old mini-midi-maxi battle is over, opening the way for more apparel sales to women. More important, because double knits and other new fashions are catching on, men have been buying more clothes this fall than last...
...Bowing to the urgent demands of the prison guards' union. Corrections Commissioner Russell G. Oswald announced last week that he was seeking to create a super maximum security prison for the most rebellious and incorrigible inmates. Equipped to house 500 prisoners, this "maxi-maxi" would be relatively small and spokesmen for the guards' union insist that those assigned to it must be armed. The rest of the prison system would thus be rid of its worst troublemakers, who then would be able to make trouble in one explosive spot. "It would be a present day Devils Island," complains...
...More Assaults. Until the maxi-maxi is built, the guards at Attica are insisting on tightening up prison discipline. They blame the revolt on a too permissive atmosphere. "We never considered our job dangerous," says Attica Mayor Richard Miller, who also serves as a prison guard. "There have been more assaults on officers in the last year and a half than in all my years before. It just didn't used to happen...
...anywhere from $300 million to $800 million, Pao does not ever have to go near a shipyard again. Yet he shows no sign of relaxing. After announcing his latest orders last week in New York, Pao hopped a plane for Tokyo to look for shipyards interested in another maxi-order...