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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...make a go of modeling in the 1950s, but failed miserably. Fashion-magazine editors shied away from using Negro models for fear of offending readers and advertisers. When Diahann was able to find work, it was usually for such Negro publications as Ebony or Jet, and she was paid only $10 to $15 an hour v. the $35 to $50 an hour earned by white models. "I finally decided there was no future for a Negro in modeling," she says...
...wiry. That is the look of now." It is also the look of Naomi Sims, 21, a 5-ft. 10-in. Pittsburgher whose other vital statistics (32-23-34) will never qualify her for a Playboy centerfold, but make her currently one of the most ubiquitous and highest-paid fashion models in the world. Two years ago, Naomi was studying psychology on a scholarship at New York University. Now she is the girl in the A. T. & T. ads ("Fashions by Bill Blass, Telephone by A. T. & T.") and the "Body Magnetic" in Harper's Bazaar, clad only...
Ironically, the trade links between the two countries were created by what the Israelis call "blood money." Their industry was set up largely with the help of $900 million in reparations, which Bonn paid from 1953 to 1965, stipulating that most of the funds had to be spent in West Germany. Once the payments ended, trade replaced aid. Much of the German machinery acquired in the 1950s now needs replacement, and orders are flowing into Germany. Bonn has also buttressed the buy-German trend by providing $115 million in development loans since...
...revealed that Germany had been secretly supplying Israel with millions of dollars worth of arms. With much embarrassment, Bonn stopped these shipments rather than face political reprisals by Arab nations, particularly their implied threats to recognize East Germany. But evidence of West German willingness to help Israel paid...
Eric talked to the cop, who checked the registration of our cars. After a while he left. No one in the group had paid much attention to him. Eric said, "He just wanted us to prove that we're doing what we're doing...