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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 27, 1973 | 8/27/1973 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Bow Bows Back | 8/27/1973 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: After the Euphoria | 8/27/1973 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Work's Too Long | 7/30/1973 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: 2,000,000 Out There | 7/30/1973 | See Source »

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