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...Indiana, "I made all the decisions." The cool, appraising look she cast on Quayle when he spoke, and the sharp tugs on his sleeve when she wanted him to stop, gave her away as first among her husband's handlers. Bush aides quickly learned that behind her demure shirtwaist dresses and her trademark Mary Tyler Moore flip hairdo there was a strong-minded, intelligent woman who wished to be viewed as Quayle's "senior adviser...
Each time the demure woman in the yellow shirtwaist dress intoned the tantalizing phrase "if I run," she was interrupted by a riotous chant: "Run, Pat, run! Run, Pat, run!" Not since the heady moment when Geraldine Ferraro was picked as the 1984 Democratic vice-presidential nominee had there been such spontaneous excitement among women activists...
...bride wore a "very simple floor-length shirtwaist dress, pink silk with gold thread," the bride said yesterday. The couple spent eight days honeymooning on the Caribbean island of Nevis...
...generations of immigrants, work was ultimately availing; the numb toil of an illiterate grandfather got the father a foothold and a high school education, and the son wound up in college or even law school. A woman who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. fire in lower Manhattan had a niece who made it to the halcyon Bronx, and another generation on, the family went to Westchester County. So for millions of Americans, as they labored through the complexities of generations, work worked, and the immigrant work ethic came at last to merge with the Protestant work ethic...
...neat, crisp, classic; with various permutations, they can be romantic and understatedly sexy. The time-honored Fair Isle sweater, for example, now comes in bright, balletic colors as well as the traditional pastel yellows and blues. Madras jackets and Bermuda shorts now sport divers hues unknown in Madras. The shirtwaist dress has gone from demure to dashing. Add such touches as paisley bow ties, rainbow-hued knee socks, grosgrain headbands and Liberty scarves, and the viewer begins to wonder what kind of school the Preppie is attending...