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Word: fashioned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...awards for fiction given by Harvard. His Litt. D. in 1911 has been followed by degrees to James Gould Cozzens, John P. Marquand, and others; many famed historians whose writings may rank high on the best-seller list have also been accorded the Litt. D. Men honored in this fashion include Samuel Eliot Morison, George Macauley Trevelyan, Bruce Catton, and Frederick Merk...

Author: By Crimson News Staff | Title: University Has Broadened Idea of Honorary Degrees | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

...Bertele's shop police found a highly efficient miniature radio and a collection of documents coded in wartime Resistance fashion, e.g., "The child of the desert goes well. He will come as arranged." Last week, in publicly charging Bertele (real name: Herman Boisselle), his wife Felicie. and Dopierala with collecting and transmitting secret military information "to an Eastern state," the D.S.T. made it clear that they had tripped up a Communist spy ring operating in NATO's capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Handwriting on the Wall | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

France's dressmakers almost burst their seams with envy at the news that the Paris fashion house founded by the late Christian Dior will haul its entire summer collection to Moscow early in June. The House of Dior, in a cultural exposition unparalleled since the days of the czars, will be presented to Soviet bigwigs and Moscow's diplomatic corps, then move into a big public hall, play to proletarians (admission: $3 top) for six days. Asked by a Dior representative if the group could bring along the normal retinue of aides, hairdressers and some 120 models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 1, 1959 | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

...Fashion today has almost come to the point where it easily accepts Art Nouveau furnishings. In fact, Nouveau pieces often seem so modern that one finds it hard to believe that they were modish sixty years ago. The swatches of material designed by Richard Riemerschmid would fit wonderfully in a modern interior. The chair and three-legged table by Hector Guimard, the leader of the Parisian branch of the international Art Nouveau movement, combine tasteful flourishes with beautifully smooth wood surfaces and simple, elegant forms. In an elaborate Guimard picture frame, though, the typical Nouveau tendency towards overdecoration is manifest...

Author: By Ian Strasfogel, | Title: Art Nouveau | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

What makes the chop-down odds so high in this particular case is the fact that the team has been defying expectations in a most puzzling fashion all season. Estimates of its merits have had to be revised almost from week to week; and there is no reason for thinking that this situation will change in the time that remains...

Author: By John P. Demos, | Title: Inconsistent Crimson Baseball Team Stands 13-9 With Five Games To Go | 5/27/1959 | See Source »

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