Word: velvets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...save the thunder for the millennium of Polish nationhood and protect the Oder-Neisse Line from West German "ecumenism" as well. As a result, Gomulka's government denied a passport to Rome for Stefan Cardinal Wyszyńiski. Hungary is Communism's least oppressive realm, yet the velvet glove of János Kaádár descended heavily last month on a handful of "collusionists" who protested a government price rise. Even in Rumania, "relaxation" is absurdly juxtaposed with remnants of tough police rule: the Securitate (secret police) assiduously tail suspect Westerners...
...doesn't quite escape the trap of a slow beginning, but after the three girls perform their fable play within a play, the rest is pure velvet. Bro Uttal plays the part of Gideon, sophisticated man of the world, just returned from Oxford to talk with his former pedagogue. It seems to be one of those who-am-I jobs, despite the promising dialogue, until the scholar provides him with entertainment, a fantasy play in which three girls (Libby Frank, Mary Moss, and Jane Bullock) play the parts of a king, queen, and princess on an island of three inhabitants...
...celebrities' pups. Porgie Cassini, Columnist Igor's beagle, showed the crowd a few pointers in a $10 tight-fitting white knit turtleneck. Rufus Cass, a Cavalier King Spaniel owned by Comedienne Peggy Cass (To Tell the Truth), trotted out in a snappy Garbo trench coat and green velvet beret designed for Special Farces. Mimi and Camille Henderson, Skitch's miniature poodles, sported twin $150 red mole coats that were belted at the waist, and Buffee Gore, Singer Lesley Gore's poodle, hit a high note with a vicuna snow suit with red trim...
...that matter. Rose had traded his Broadway sports jacket for a Wall Street vest. He owned 160,000 shares of AT&T which made him the company's biggest single stockholder. In a rising market, his paper profits on AT&T and other holdings felt more like velvet; Rose calculated that between October 1963 and February 1964 they came to $8,733 for every hour the New York Stock Exchange was open...
Smart pawnbrokers spotted the trend a few years ago and set about changing their image. Manhattan's Kaskel's, which now calls itself a "loan broker," looks more like a high-fashion department store with its mink-draped mannequins and velvet-lined jewelry display cases. "We have customers who earn as much as $250,000 a year, and the majority earn more than $10,000," boasts Owner Richard Kaskel...