Word: styles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clash between Bailey and Fort was inevitable. The two men have certain similarities-including enormous egos. Like Bailey, Fort is an author and lecturer; like Bailey, he has been criticized for his style and methods. In 1967 Fort was fired by the city of San Francisco as director of the Center for Special Problems because officials claimed he was incorrectly using funds to treat hippies with drug problems. In recent years, Fort has operated mental health and drug-treatment programs in the city. Fort also has been in quite a few courtrooms, appearing as a witness in some 270 trials...
...real target of the trial-though seven defendants denied membership in it-was a clandestine organization of politically progressive junior officers known as the Democratic Military Union (U.M.D.). Government fears about the group were apparent in the prosecutor's claim that the officers were plotting a Portuguese-style military rebellion...
Still, many details of the deal that is shaping up filtered through the New York financial community. According to Wall Street sources, the U.S. presence in Saudi Arabia, where Aramco has transformed a section of Dhahran into a small American-style town for its employees, will remain as strong as or stronger than ever. The oil firms will continue to pump most of Saudi Arabia's oil as contractors working for a fee. The Saudi government will give them a long-term guarantee that they can buy a fixed proportion-amount unknown-of Aramco's output, currently...
...will be noted and copied in Rio and in Rome, on the Ginza and the Avenue George V. After more than a century of obeisance to Europe's high priests of couture, American designers have won worldwide respect as creative interpreters of a way of life-and style. It is a rebellion and an achievement that has been building since World War II. But it has, in the eclectic fashion world of 1976, undeniably come of age and attained a new level of élan and confidence. "I think for the first time that the attitude that the American...
...distinctively American style has emerged only in the past few years. Its spirit is free and frisky, its emphasis on casual comfort. Rejecting the rigid formalism of European haute couture, American designers rediscovered the body. They started making versatile, flexible attire that can carry a woman through the day and past the evening. The ready-to-wear lines are virtually ageless and classless, and are within the reach of most women. A trendy suit from a top designer can cost less than $200; T shirts, from $10 to $20; an eye-catching swimsuit goes for $25 to $60. Women...