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...outfit, calling itself the C.G.P. (General Confederation of Professionals), began operation with a staff of ten Education Ministry employees three months ago, has since signed up some 40 professional associations (including astronomers, accountants, librarians, lawyers). Its goal is to corral 1,250,000 members-or virtually all of Argentina's white-collar workers. In a blunt speech to C.G.T. leaders, Peron warned that they must accept the new federation, and that there will be no wage increases when contracts expire next March. By dividing labor. Peron apparently hopes to hold out against union demands that would...
Sweaters appear with every outfit this fall. At opposite poles in fashion are the bulky sweater and the baby sweater. the first recalls the never-missed "sloppy jo" of 1946; the baby sweater resembles swaddling clothes and is often trimmed with a halo of angora or a collar of flowered ribbon. Many are made with low-rounded necks. Especially popular is the scoop neck with the bite-size scallop...
...trim garnishes wool or its jersey substitute. Used for cuffs, collars or buttons, camel color with mink trim leads the field, with rabbit hair, angora and black fox following. Most of these are detachable and can be switched from outfit to outfit. Such an outfit is considered just as chic as a favorite black taffeta or velvet...
...done most to bring oldtime American themes to the ballet stage (Rodeo, Fall River Legend). Last week Choreographer de Mille was off on a new tack: with her own company of 19, she set out to test a hunch that there is room for an outfit offering dance, pantomime and song in a repertory rich in American themes...
...story is served up like chunks hacked from a live eel. But the chunks keep squirming, and at the end they have almost grown together again. Author Nimier's hussars are a rough, vulgar, boisterous lot with little in common except being French and in the same outfit. Politically, they are a mixed bag of Communists, Gaullists, Petainists and what not; some of them hate each other more than they hate the enemy. But in spite of their petty feuds and cynicism, most of them fight well. Author Nimier can write crackling scenes of ground combat, and he uses...