Word: staid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...export thus far has been Rock Singer Mick Jagger's lookalike wife Bianca, who sports a walking stick and tuxedos. Bianca is not the only clotheshorse Nicaragua is betting on. The postal service has issued a series of "Famous Couturiers of the World" stamps that reflects a more staid image than Bianca's. The series of eight includes a five-cordoba stamp ($2.00) for Balmain of Paris, a one-cordoba stamp for the French designer Givenchy, and a 15-centavo stamp for Halston, the only American honored...
...always had a strange versatility-conveying a certain jauntiness for otherwise staid professors, say, while bespeaking formality in evening clothes. That split image still exists...
...export thus far has been Rock Singer Mick Jogger's lookalike wife Bianca, who sports a walking stick and tuxedos. Bianca is not the only clotheshorse Nicaragua is betting on. The postal service has issued a series of "Famous Couturiers of the World" stamps that reflects a more staid image than Bianca's. The series of eight includes a five-cordoba stamp ($2.00) for Balmain of Paris, a one-cor-doba stamp for the French designer Givenchy, and a 15-centavo stamp for Halston, the only American honored...
...staid headquarters of General Motors last week, officers of the United Auto Workers jokingly presented company executives with a huge white cake iced with the words 30 AND OUT NOW! They were emphasizing the union's push for retirement with a monthly pension of $650 after 30 years' employment-whatever a worker...
...organization that Mrs. Wise now heads has long been rather staid and traditional, but it has formidable potential-a full-time staff of 700 and an annual budget of $31 million. In this era of slashed budgets and job shortages, Mrs. Wise plans to use the N.E.A...