Word: sewn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pattern that others are copying. Dauphinot, a onetime Wall Street foreign-bond trader, got interested in the project during trips to South America for Kidder, Peabody & Co. during World War II. He found that while Brazilian industry was starving for capital, money was stagnating in savings accounts and sewn-up mattresses. "The U.S. had been exporting all sorts of American know-how," says Dauphinot, "except a very basic one-the formation of capital-marketing techniques...
...Rose Lee took a brief critical look at the sorry modern state of her old profession: "There's a great sameness to it all now. The routines of the young girls all look the same. The wardrobes look the same-they all look like they've been sewn by one seamstress. Good burlesque must be for both men and women. You can't appeal to only one element, and the presence of women makes for a much better audience-they make men laugh more...
...Aoyama of Tokyo's Kabukiza Theater as director and Stage Designer Motohiro Nagasaka for sets and costumes. Between them, they stripped Butterfly of all its sukiyaki-styled stage business, painted it in subdued colors ("to express inner harmonies and conflicts"), dressed the actors in gorgeously detailed costumes hand-sewn in Japan. They also added authentic dramatic touches...
...swooned, and wrote back, "Wow, am I!" Anyhow, note followed hot note and Miss Jomes began thinking of turning in her steam iron for a marriage manual. Until one day tragedy struck. x428Fy's shirts arrived as usual, but when Miss Jomes turned to the slot she found it sewn-up. Frantic, she tried to rip it open. No luck. She could feel something thin inside, but she couldn't get to it. And that's how it's been ever since...
...x428Fy had switched to slotless Van Heusen Collarite shirts--with sewn-in stays! You should, too! These micro-thin stays can't get lost, keep your collar flat, and launder with your shirt! Specify Collarite next time...