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...world's most dramatic outburst of higher education is under way in neither the U.S. nor Russia but in staid old Britain, which is creating seven brand-new universities of the highest academic order. One of them has been running for two years; two more open this week; four others...
When Dior's Marc Bohan took the plunge in evening dresses for his latest collection, fashion writers had something to write home about. The bosom was not only seen, said one, but "almost heard," and the staid New York Herald Tribune found the new neckline "positively clinical...
...cape. "Ah, Mervyn," said one friend, "incognito, I see." Shortly after young Prince Charles, 14, was caught drinking cherry brandy in a hotel bar in Scotland last month, Bishop Stockwood was introduced to a parishioner's son at a sherry party on the lawn of a rather staid Surrey rectory. Jovially, he asked the boy: "Have you had your cherry brandy today...
...August, 1320 Mass. Ave., is out of the swim. For summer suits and sport coats, however, we recommend them highly. You will find their suits in poplin ($45) and dacron/wool ($85) stocked in a complete range of sizes. Brightly colored dacron/cotton bermudas go at $10, and for the more staid, they carry British linen walking shorts ($18). Calf suede desert boots, also from England ($15), are comfortable and popular...
...mass-production techniques to begin his auto firm. He advertised with songs and skywriting, once had the Eiffel Tower strung with 250,000 lights that spelled CITROEN. But he spent even more lavishly on development and the Deauville gaming tables, lost control of the company to the more staid and highly secretive Tiremaker Michelin in 1934, and died heartbroken within a year...