Word: vez
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rumpled brown suit guarded the decrepit-looking envelope as if it were stuffed with gold. "It's always on my mind," he said, quietly aware that the envelope contained what everyone hoped might prove a musical triumph. An evening or so later, Carlos Chávez, Mexico's top music man and a major composer in any hemisphere, joined some 2,600 concertgoers to hear his Symphony No. 6 performed by the New York Philharmonic and conducted by Leonard Bernstein in its world première. Nearly everyone was disappointed...
...latecomer among ten works commissioned to mark the opening of Lincoln Center's year-and-a-half-old Philharmonic Hall, the Chávez symphony won respectful applause. But critical hosannas did not follow. The piece is bold, ruggedly impressive in spots, yet oddly ineffectual-a virile epic with all its bones removed...
...lovely it looks on the rack. You can just leave it there." At Alper-Schwartz she examined a pale green brocade: "That's a good mother-of-the-bride." At Ceil Chapman, she picked up a beaded taupe silk chiffon sheath (retail price: $395). At Estévez, she bought a few items that the trade describes as "church-and-drinking dresses"-they can go anywhere. "Air conditioning has changed the picture," said Opal, as she examined some woolens. "Used to be you couldn't buy a good, even slightly heavy wool for the South...
...sometimes sleeveless. Waists are lower, skirts still just below the knee. For both daytime and evening, dresses will have matching jackets. In the evening particularly, women will look long, straight, skinny-and covered up, most notably by the long-sleeved, high-necked Ceil Chapman models. But Estévez' startling gowns are deeply plunged front and back. Sarmi features a daytime "obelisk" silhouette, a flare of pleats from a dropped waistline...
...buses and stores and the old favorite hymns they sang would have startled many a Bible-belter: The Old Rugged Cross was La Cruz de Jesus, What a Friend We Have in Jesus was Oh, Qué Amigo!, and Wonderful Words of Life was Oh, Contádmelas Otra Vez...