Word: soft
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...placards read "Stop fooling us, Yankee dogs!" and "Go home, white monkeys!" The mob shouted not only for immediate removal of all U.S. military bases but also for things clearly beyond U.S. control, including an increase in the minimum wage (currently $1 a day for industrial workers). Then a soft rain began to fall, and the demonstrators, mindful of their frilly barong tagalog shirts, hastily dispersed...
...week round of showings got under way, the overall tone was soft-pretty rather than bold, more flattering than fussy. Gerard Pipart, 31, in his second season at Nina Ricci, caused a major ripple with coats slashed up to the waist, long double-breasted jackets and dresses, most made of silk and crepe, cut on the bias to leave the figure looking long and lazy...
...fresh flowered prints, acknowledge the shapes they clothe; so do the coats, with narrow belts that define waistlines instead of camouflaging them. There was not a pair of pants or a bared navel in the show, or a single lament for their absence. The Bohan brand of exotica-soft silk tunics, rajah coats, full-length sheaths cut above the ankle in front-may have been inspired by the designer's trip to India last fall. But the results are all Paris, and all Paris rejoiced...
...spent weeks scanning likely factories and lofts, finally turned to the skies for inspiration and found it-on a helicopter tour that took them over an old terminal building with a five-acre roof. In October, the Penthouse Tennis Club-eight clay courts that are thermostatically heated, lit by soft overhead lamps and maintained by a full-time staff-will open for business at the foot of Manhattan. (Seven more courts will open later.) Some would-be tennis players may find the yearly membership fees (ranging up to $500 per person) a bit steep for a maximum of one hour...
Inevitably, many a child begins by pitching his own vocal efforts too high or too low, too loud or too soft. Dr. Perdoncini and his twelve teachers are implacable about correcting a pupil's pitch until it is acceptable. The child who is born deaf may need only a year to learn how to pronounce the names of foods, toys or friends. Words for abstract ideas take longer...