Word: stilettos
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Baggy jeans are winning converts-but not everywhere First it was la cigarette: women virtually had to lie down so that they could pull the stiletto-slim jeans over their hips. A few deep inhalations to close the zipper and, voila, skintight denim pants. Now the French are going in the opposite direction, and their latest innovation may undo some of the psychic damage that la cigarette inflicted on Weight Watchers dropouts. Baggy jeans have arrived...
...closely resembles "Stilletto," the first song on side two and a tune which Joel energized triumphantly in concert. Once again this is angry Billy Joel taking the perplexing female of "She's Always a Woman" and surrounding her with a mood of sadomasochistic perversity to create a satisfied tormentor. "Stiletto" is a catchy song anchored at both ends by a simple Richie Cannatta sax line...
...accent is on accent: preposterous pasteboard jewelry, exotic plumes, stiletto-heeled boots, multicolored gloves, and exaggerated hats that would justify any woman's ejection from an orchestra seat...
Police found pistols, revolvers and a stiletto in the captured couple's rucksacks, as well as train tickets to Zurich and several forged identity documents. Authorities suspect that Sonnenberg and Becker had been bringing the arms and documents to a secret meeting of terrorists in Switzerland when they were recognized from newspaper photos by the sharp-eyed old lady in Singen. German and Swiss police were on high-priority alert last week as they searched for two other suspects in the Buback assassination conspiracy...
...early Carter supporter), Caldwell will run Ford Motor. Only if Caldwell is unavailable will lacocca take over. lacocca fathered the phenomenally successful Mustang in the 1960s and has long hungered to be the first non-Ford to head the company since its founding in 1903. But his stiletto style and jungle-fighting tactics have earned him many enemies. However, he did not seem upset over last week's changes, and Ford said that lacocca had not lost anything. "Lee was elected chief operating officer this morning as well as getting a third of my power," said Ford (Caldwell takes...