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...Manhattan. Owners of New York's most fashionable restaurants say that the arrives are influencing American dining habits with their Continental nonchalance. They give a cursory glance at the bottom line on the bill, and seldom practice power lunching and power tripping. On a recent Wednesday, Manhattan's superswank Le Cirque played host to Richard Nixon, Publisher Malcolm Forbes and Chris-Craft Chief Herbert Siegel all at the same time. "They all looked at each other," recalls Italian Owner Sirio Maccioni. "Maybe they were thinking, 'Do I have the right table?' I could put Mr. (Giovanni) Agnelli (whose family controls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Now America Is the Thing to Do | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

...sell War Loan VI. Hattie Carnegie, Manhattan couturier, went the Treasury one better. In windows usually devoted to high-priced chichi escapism, Hattie Carnegie tried realism. Her shocker set off protests: one customer complained that after seeing the display, she was unable to eat her lunch at the superswank Colony Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISCAL,WYOMING: Six & Seven | 11/27/1944 | See Source »

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