Word: welches
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would hope the founding fathers would enjoy the suit," says Singer-Actress Raquel Welch of the explosive number she wears on the July cover of Los Angeles magazine. "And if Betsy Ross was a lady of today, she wouldn't think anything of it either." Maybe not, but Raquel's bikini does fall a trifle short of pure Americana. She bought it last winter in Brazil...
Houston has always had a go-go tradition. The city started as a real estate promotion in 1836 and, says Louie Welch, a five-term Houston mayor who now heads the local Chamber of Commerce, "it still is." Since 1970, 14 major buildings have gone up downtown. What is surprising, though, is that these buildings display true design quality, while those in Dallas and Fort Worth by and large do not. The explanation is not wealth, but a lively competition between builders, plus the sophistication of Houston office-space renters...
...Richard S. Welch, Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Athens, killed by assassins...
...this McLuhanesque visual age, had there been no photograph of the great event? As Raquel Welch, 35, was churning through a dance number at the Painters Mill Music Fair in Baltimore, the crowd suddenly gasped, the musicians put down their instruments in awe. Raquel's hot-pink halter top had come fluttering down, thus revealing, for the first time on stage or screen, the superstructure that made her famous. La Welch quickly pulled herself and her costume back together, ad-libbing with admirable aplomb: "Well, at least I didn't let myself down...
...Welch retains a vestige of dignity, and a little something more. As last year's The Wild Party demonstrated, Welch can handle an emotionally diverse role. She has a moment here mourning the death of a pregnant mother in which she is quite affecting - although Director Peter Yates (Bullit) has edited the scene much to her advantage...