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...hard by the salesman: "Yes, I see how lovely it looks on the rack. You can just leave it there." At Alper-Schwartz she examined a pale green brocade: "That's a good mother-of-the-bride." At Ceil Chapman, she picked up a beaded taupe silk chiffon sheath (retail price: $395). At Estévez, she bought a few items that the trade describes as "church-and-drinking dresses"-they can go anywhere. "Air conditioning has changed the picture," said Opal, as she examined some woolens. "Used to be you couldn't buy a good, even slightly...
...dependence on the U.S., and Canada strongly opposed U.S. intervention in Cuba. But the Kennedys soon melted the Canadian ice. At a formal state dinner for 100, every head snapped around as though at parade-ground command to admire the entrance of Jackie Kennedy in her pure white silk sheath. At the following reception for 500, her husband deftly fielded all topics, talked wheat with a Saskatchewan reporter, education with a college girl, trucks with a transport official and freedom of the press with a publisher. The wife of Defense Production Minister Raymond O'Hurley told Kennedy that...
Precisely at 10:15, the President and his lady descended the stairs to the entrance hall. Jackie had on a sleeveless, floor-length sheath of pink and white straw lace, wore just one piece of jewelry: a feather-shaped diamond clip in her bouffant hair. At a signal, the Marine Band's dance orchestra in the East Room struck up Mr. Wonderful; Vice President Lyndon Johnson and his wife Ladybird joined the Kennedys in leading the first dance. Afterward, Jack stood at one end of the ballroom greeting guests while Jackie toured the floor with a battalion of successive...
...twelve-month or 12,000-mile warranties in writing. Ford also announced a lubrication system which requires greasing only every 30,000 miles -v. a recommended 1,500 miles for most other U.S. autos. The new system uses a puttylike lubricant which is forced into plastic cases that sheath joints and bearings in the suspension and steering systems. It will be standard for 1961 Fords, Mercurys and Lincolns...
...Italian Designer Emilio Pucci's non-wrinkle silk jersey sheath that weighs only four ounces and helps to keep Italy, along with California, in the leisure-wear vanguard...