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Word: giro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Française, lamented that "for more than a year, it has been evident that a real 'boom' in the American economy is impossible." The London Financial Times predicted that "this year seems fated to go down in history as the year of the disappearing boom." Giro Koike, senior managing director of Japan's Yamaichi Securities Co., said that many leaders of Japanese industry, who are watching the U.S. economy, feel that the U.S. has entered a definite plateau and may be in for a period of readjustment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: The Great Question | 9/12/1960 | See Source »

...their straightforward design and use of ordinary fabrics. They can be easily copied, cheaply mass-produced. Copied they were, and Coco loved it, refusing to join the cabal of other Paris designers who tried to prevent style piracy. "Thirty years ago," she says proudly, "I went to dinner at Giro's. I remember counting 23 Chanel dresses in the room. But I was sure of only one: mine. I found that a very pretty compliment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Priestess of High Fashion: GABRIELLE CHANEL | 8/22/1960 | See Source »

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