Word: normans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...impossible for me to nominate one Man of the Year, so I'll have to name two: Dr. Norman Borlaug, the agricultural scientist who has developed a dwarf wheat that can give mankind a 20-year respite from famine; and Dr. Alan Guttmacher, head of Planned Parenthood-World Popu lation, which hopes to avert this famine by curtailing population growth...
...Bergdorf Goodman who has made a career out of helping stylish women stay in style. Snaps West Coast Designer James Galanos: "All they've done is chop five inches off the hem and they call it new. To me it's a laugh." It is no laugh to Norman Norell, 67, dean of American designers. "Elegance is out," sighs the master of elegance. "It's a fascinating, frustrating time to be a designer...
...others: Norman Norell, Ben Zuckerman, James Galanos, Pauline Trigere, and posthumously, Claire McCardell (TIME cover...
Ostrich Skirts & Ruffled Bibs. It is a sign of the times that Gernreich's fondness for exposing the body raised no heckles. Just four years ago, when Gernreich won his first Coty Award, Norman Norell returned his Hall of Fame plaque because "it no longer has any meaning." Norell has since reconsidered, now says: "I take it all back on the basis of the last two years he's a great designer." But Norell finds that when he tries to match Gernreich's pace and turn out younger clothes, they come out "too well-made." Puzzled by the direction that...
...seater. Trouble was, Mooney proved to be a better aeronautical engineer than businessman. Learning that the aircraft maker was hopelessly in debt, Rachal decided to take "a calculated risk." In 1954, on the night before Mooney planned to file for involuntary bankruptcy, Rachal and a brother-in-law, Norman Hoffman, came forth with $225,000 to rescue the company...