Word: suites
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...opinion," the court ruled, "the decision of the Attorney-General not to permit the use of his name in a suit against the College for alleged breach of a public charitable trust was a purely executive decision which is not review-able in a court of justice. The duty of taking action to protect public charitable trusts and to enforce proper application of their funds rests solely upon the Attorney-General as the representative of the public interest...
...Manhattan, station WOR-TV discovered how to survive in an area containing seven competing TV stations. The answer: movies. Showing 59 hours of films a week, WOR is editing the films to suit its viewers. Last week the Italian film My Beautiful Daughter (dubbed-in English dialogue) featured a beauty-contest scene with girls in Bikinis. The scene was cut for "family showing" (9 to 10 p.m.) but restored for the popular late-at-night version...
...decides to go ahead with the contract, so many legal questions have been stirred up over the waivers and other provisions that a long and costly court battle would be inevitable. Exulted a Democrat on the Joint Committee last week: "All Dixon-Yates has got now is a law suit...
Camouflaged Pots. The new emphasis on color and casualness has brought a big change to the men's clothing industry, which has lived for years on little more than replacements. A man wore out his shirt or suit, then went out and bought another. On the average, the U.S. male bought a new suit only once every three years. Now, with more clothes for more occasions, men's-wear stores throughout the nation are having their best business in years...
...change in suits has been just as dramatic. A generation ago, the double-breasted suit-usually with padded shoulders and large lapels-was the archsymbol of conservatism (it also camouflaged a potbelly). Now the trend is to the more casual, natural-shouldered, single-breasted jacket. Before World War II, double-breasted suits accounted for 40-50% of all cuttings; the share is now down...