Word: ostrichized
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...East Room he insisted: "Until I say it, it's not official." So he said it: "Mrs. Nixon and I are very honored to announce the engagement of our daughter Tricia to Edward Cox of New York." Petite and elegant in a low-cut white gown bordered with ostrich feathers, Tricia led her fiancé onto the stage to warm applause. She outshone everybody that evening-the guest of honor, Ireland's Prime Minister John Lynch: her mother, whose 59th birthday was part of the celebration; and her prospective in-laws, whom Nixon failed to introduce. It will...
...trouble keeping capes in stock. A favorite is St. Laurent's Moroccan wool version, already snapped up by Jennifer Jones. The farther-out Reva's Fashions boutique, where Joanne Woodward picked up her reversible Guinevere cloak, has a bestseller in matte jersey, its turban hood framed in ostrich or turkey feathers. Reva's also stocks a show-stopping full-length Levi model, appliquéd on the back with a collage of antique fabrics...
...Ostrich-Boa Hats. Born outside Paris in 1883, Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel (never called anything but Coco for "Little Pet") was orphaned at six and raised in the desolate province of Auvergne by two aunts. From them, she learned that little girls should sew, sit up straight and speak politely; for sewing, a skill that forever eluded her. Coco substituted horseback riding. From Etienne Balsan, a millionaire cavalry officer who brought her to Paris at 16, Coco acquired the habits and tastes of the wealthy. She liked them-all but the ladies' predilection for ostrich-boa-draped hats. To provide...
...last week more than a thousand guests thronged to opening night at Le Drugstore, gaping at its chic decorations, examining the wares in its boutiques and sampling the wines and food in its three restaurants. They gulped champagne by the Jeroboam at the most popular attraction: a mahogany and ostrich-leather bar. 'That bar is soft and sensuous," explained soft and sensuous Caroline Solovei. 27, the wealthy beauty who is Le Drugstore's president. "It's just like everything else here. It sums up our total look...
...recent Army assessment of racial tensions at bases around the world warned commanders that "to take an ostrich-like approach to racial fear, hostility and misunderstanding is indefensible, especially when the signs can be read in the racial obscenities written by both groups on latrine walls and can be heard from an alarming number of black soldiers who readily complain they suffer injustice in the Army solely because of their race...