Word: shopped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Early & Earnest. The young have already staked out their own minisociety, a congruent culture that has both alarmed their elders and, stylistically at least, left an irresistible impression on them. No Western metropolis today lacks a discotheque or espresso joint, a Mod boutique or a Carnaby shop. No transistor is immune from rock 'n' roll, no highway spared the stutter of Hondas. There are few Main Streets in the world that do not echo to the clop of granny boots, and many are the grannies who now wear them. What started out as distinctively youthful sartorial revolt-drainpipe...
Stretch pants are still the uniform of the day, and there is currently a spirited debate comparing the virtues of Bogner Superstretch, which is warmer, and Spinnerin, which is lighter. In the end, the esthetics are the same. Advises Grosse Pointe Ski-Shop Manager Bob Sharpe: "A good fit is when you can tell if a coin in the gal's back pocket is heads or tails...
...long been our annual custom to take a thorough look at the U.S. economy-its performance in the past year and what it is likely to do in the year ahead. In our shop phrase we call it "the year-end business review." This week it takes the form of a cover story, written by Marshall Loeb and edited by Champ Clark, on one of the most astute money managers...
...period of Nov. 20-25, 1963. The author of two well-received biographies (of H. L. Mencken and the Rockefeller family) and four indifferently received novels-none of which came close to bestsellerdom-he halted work on a book about Germany's vast Krupp industrial empire, set up shop in a cubicle in Washington's National Archives building. Next door was Evelyn Lincoln, J.F.K.'s White House secretary...
...Oppernockety. From all indications, Cerf runs a happy shop as well as a contented stable. "They're all prima donnas," he chortles. "We're a firm of prima donnas!" When he tells a visitor that Jason Epstein is "the cross I have to bear," Epstein retorts, "and Bennett is the bear I have to cross." Corporation Secretary Charles A. Wimpfheimer, 38, gets in on the fun now and then. He once installed a parking meter in Cerf's private washroom, probably because Cerf himself started the local bathroom jokes by placing two copies of Lindbergh...