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Died. Main R. Bocher, 86, whose simple, subtle couture designs influenced modern fashion for 40 years; of emphysema; in Munich. Bocher (the Christian name came from his mother's Scottish family) grew up on the West Side of Chicago. He remained in Paris after fighting in World War I, became editor of the French Vogue, then set up the Mainbocher salon in 1930. Among his innovations were the introduction of short evening dresses and of decorated cardigan sweaters. Mainbocher's creations graced Wallis Warfield Simpson at her marriage to the Duke of Windsor, as well as millions...
...Britain's more powerful businessmen, played back-to-back tables at Ladbroke's and lost the equivalent of half a million dollars in a single evening. To cover his losses, Fraser has been forced into selling an estimated $2.4 million worth of stock in Scottish & Universal Investments Ltd., an associate company of the House of Fraser Ltd., which owns Harrods and more than 100 other department stores throughout the British Isles...
...built his business from a draper's shop to an empire with sales of about $275 million annually. Sir Hugh moved vigorously into his father's shoes, increasing sales to $500 million in six years and ridding Harrods of some of its crustiness. In addition, he built Scottish & Universal Investments, at one time only a holding company for the House of Fraser, into a diverse trading organization with interests in publishing, whisky, engineering and textiles...
...wrote of his boyhood hero, a Scottish professional by the name of Willie Fernie, with a typical admixture of verve, literary allusions, and Ring Lardneresque sarcasm...
Hume suggests the British government has a major responsibility for finding a solution. "They're the sovereign government. They've got all the authority and all the power." But he says he fears that a number of factors--the growth of Scottish and Welsh nationalism, Britain's ever-increasing economic woes, and the growing number of Britons who are simply fed up with the whole Ulster affair--may result in a postponement of British attempts to seek a settlement, or even worse, the withdrawal of British troops before a political settlement is reached...