Word: parker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From supermodel Suzy Parker in the 1950s to Christie Brinkley in the early 1980s, fair-skinned models used to dominate advertising. Most ad experts trace the change to Europe, where couturiers, notably Givenchy, began employing black women as runway models. The French fashion magazine Elle helped pioneer the polyethnic look in its editorial pages, then exported the philosophy to America when it launched a U.S. edition four years ago. (Catherine Alain- Bernard, fashion and beauty editor of the French Elle, says her magazine still gets a few letters from people complaining about black models and "giving jobs to immigrants...
...heavyweight crew, considered one of legendary Coach Harry Parker's best, pulled past Northeastern and Penn at the 1000-meter mark of the Herschede Cup in Cincinnati June 17 to win its third-straight national title and fifth in seven years. Harvard sprinted to a 2.43-second win over the University of Washington, which had also raced past the Huskies and Quakers to finish second. Northeastern finished third, Penn fourth, Wisconsin fifth and UCLA sixth...
Nottinghamshire had beaten Harvard earlier by five lengths in the first running of the final, but a controversial protest by Parker was upheld because a one foot-long piece of wood had jammed on a fin on the underside of the Crimson shell...
...think I have seen anything quite like that before. It was unbelievable," Parker said...
Harvard's heavies also finished second in exhibition races in France in August. Returning for Parker next year will be Bernstein as captain, Sharis, Evans and Metz...