Word: mode
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Shrimp à la Mode...
...Museum of Modern Art opened a show of 22 European painters and sculptors who have gained prominence in the past decade. The choice betrayed the museum's natural predilection for unmistakably modern, i.e., abstract, work. But within the international mode, the exhibition displayed a surprising variety of national traits...
...American Look has had its influence abroad, particularly in Italy, where it has profoundly influenced the designers of sportswear. Paris has also tried its hand at the style, believing, as Christian Dior said, that la mode sport in America is "beyond doubt excellent...
...manner and his mode of living are Western. Brought up on John Wesley and Adam Smith, he worshiped for years as a Christian, and still devotes several hours a week to robust singing of Christian hymns. But when the militarists took over in the '30s to pursue their dream of empire, Hatoyama accepted it, endorsed it on a tour of foreign capitals, wrote a book praising Hitler and Mussolini. He was not close enough to the team to be completely trusted, so before war's end he was nudged into retirement; but he was not clean enough...
...from "Top Dogs" to "Hoi Polloi," lists their "visible appurtenances" of power, from "shoeshine service" to "plant stands." Sample: "Luncheon Menu for Top Dogs: Cream cheese on whole wheat, buttermilk and indigestion tablets. Menu for Hoi Polloi: Clam chowder, frankfurter and beans, rolls and butter, raisin pie a la mode, two cups of coffee." Pacific Gas & Electric Co., like many others, sensibly gives a man what he needs to operate, whether it is one phone or three. Other companies do better by an executive who is out where the public sees him. In many banks, which deal constantly with...