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...central theme of mendacity has been reinforced by the lies of Watergate and Viet Nam; when Cat first appeared in 1955, it did not seem a parable of growing corruption in U.S. life. Time has also enhanced the understanding of Williams. He is no longer seen as the purveyor of grotesque Southern creatures. Gradually, it has become clear that his true terrain is the violated chambers of the human heart...
Imperial Family. "Our customers range from princesses to office ladies," says Okada. The store is a purveyor to the imperial family, outfitting Emperor Hirohito with suits and shirts. Competitors often snicker at Mitsukoshi's "imperial connection," charging that it makes the store snobbish and elitist. But Okada points out that half the store's business comes from affluent Japanese in their 20s and 30s who are attracted by Mitsukoshi's talent for combining modernity and tradition...
Fitch retired in 1928, but A. & F.'s fame as a purveyor of sporting goods to the rich and famous had become widespread. The store outfitted Theodore Roosevelt for safaris, Admiral Richard E. Byrd for his expedition to Antarctica. Fisherman Herbert Hoover, Golfers Woodrow Wilson and Dwight Eisenhower and all-round author-out-doorsman Ernest Hemingway also shopped there. Its stock of firearms and tackle equipment was among the world's largest and finest, and its aloof sales staff was made up of technical experts in A. & F.'s wares. A. & F.'s Manhattan store...
...Supreme Court upheld the conviction of New Yorker Samuel Roth, a purveyor of soft-core magazines and books, but drew...
Moynihan rivals William F. Buckley as a purveyor of grandiloquent nonsense...