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...could do little to change the clumsy German name for the bra-Büstenhalter-but they did alter the garment itself. Out came deeply plunging bras made of stretchable synthetics with less padding and no old-fashioned bones; lighter, flower-patterned girdles; filmy nylon slips and translucent shortie pajamas. They instantly captivated Germany's willowy, style-conscious girls-to say nothing of their husbands. The synthetic stretch materials, says Braun, "gave us an entirely fresh conception of how to engineer the human form...
...America. Now they are busy tackling an even more challenging area: Africa. From Cape Town to Cairo, indefatigable Japanese are scrambling over the continent, taking orders, building plants and signing trade pacts. They are making TV sets in Ghana, spinning textiles in Nigeria, galvanizing iron in Ethiopia, building a nylon mill in Kenya and assembling Nissan and Toyota cars in South Africa. Hoping to improve the climate for Japanese exports, the Japanese government plans to extend more than $9,000,000 in industrial development loans to the east African nations of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Last week it dispatched...
...rare privilege of attending a U.S. Cabinet meeting. He showered Moro with gifts-including a 19th century Sheraton gilt mirror, a pen stand with two gold pens, a matching Accutron desk clock, a photograph of Italy taken from U.S. satellite Tiros IX, a stained-glass cross, a blue nylon sleeping bag for a Moro daughter, and a Texas cowboy costume for Moro...
...despondent over her husband's absences and over the task of caring for her four children-two-year-old twin boys, a girl, 6, and a boy, 7. A woman friend found Mrs. Hanbey and the children in the bedrooms: the youngsters had been strangled to death with nylon stockings and a necktie; Mrs. Hanbey had tried to strangle herself, to cut her wrists and ankles, and to set fire to the house. She was hospitalized, whimpering that she had murdered her children and crying...
...using it and Du Pont is struggling to keep up with demand. The company predicts that out of a total of 650 million shoes sold this year, up to 7,000,000 will be made of Corfam, hopes that the synthetic will stimulate U.S. shoe sales much as nylon increased U.S. clothing sales...