Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pistols had caused a scandal on British TV a year ago with their vile language. They had been fired by two record companies, locked out by most of Britain's major rock clubs and concert halls, reviled for a song calling the Queen a moron during the Silver Jubilee celebration and castigated nearly everywhere for their world-class grossness. Just two weeks ago, in fact, their entry into the U.S. had been temporarily denied-and four concerts canceled-because members of the group had minor criminal records. But no repro-vals were necessary at the Great South East Music...
...such words as bitchy, ballsy or aggressive when talking about women. They also never wore dresses or makeup, except as disguises, condemning them as symbols of male exploitation that were also out of keeping with Mao's dictum of depersonalization. The four lived in the Echo Park-Silver Lake area of Los Angeles, a pleasant older part of the city. Bissell and Perry shared an apartment, while Justesen and Mullin lived together in a small, old house nearby...
More than in Christmases past, Americans spent money for high-priced quality items. "It was a luxury kind of Christmas," says Hal Silver, chairman of Kaufmann's in Pittsburgh. Adds Gordon Cooke, senior vice president for sales promotion at Bloomingdale's: "Price was no object." The French-made metal-housed Cuisinart, which slices, dices, chops, minces and shreds faster than conventional individual tools, sells for $225. Yet it and lower-priced competitors (La Machine, Omnichef) flew off shelves so fast that almost no store could seem to keep them in stock. Neiman-Marcus in Houston sold 24 West...
...retailers have the sales figures on their side. Says Larry Straus, vice president of Colorado's May D & F stores: "People have more confidence in the economy and are willing to spend their money. Inflation doesn't seem to bother people as much." Adds Kaufmann's Silver: "I got the feeling people were happier and less uptight than last year. There were more of the jingle bells afloat...
...lange of Christian symbol ism and the still-active images of classicism ?Nereids riding on sea serpents, Aphrodite borne up on the half shell by Tritons, and the bride (as in The Song of Solomon) primping herself for marriage?it is one of the most dazzling pieces of silver work to survive from the ancient world...