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...bias cut" makes clothes drape sexily against the body. Since the favored fabrics of 1974 are gossamer-thin and always unlined, they need, even demand ample length to prevent skirts from being unintentionally hoisted at the slightest breeze. The result is a calf-length skirt that is wider, freer and not quite as long as the ill-fated midi...
...joined the News as a copy boy after graduating from high school in 1952. During stints as a photographer and picture editor, he dashed off cartoons for the paper's editors, who frequently posted them on newsroom bulletin boards. In 1963 he was persuaded to seek a wider audience by drawing full time. "I had no idea what an editorial cartoonist was or what he was supposed to do," says Wright, "except that he was supposed to have an opinion." Having few firm views on current affairs, he was forced to educate himself rapidly. Wright also faced tough competition...
...Civil War, who hope to slowly modernize the country, and those born before it, who adhere to the rigid ideals of 81-year-old Dictator Francisco Franco. In the wake of the assassination of President Luis Carrero Blanco by Basque extremists last month, the chasm seems likely to grow wider still...
...recession or something close to it in the first six months, with some quickening of the economic pulse thereafter. Even this lackluster prediction is hedged with qualifications because, as the Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. circumspectly notes: "The range of downside possibilities in the coming year is a good deal wider than it has been in a long, long time...
...over the place either, but they can reach many more points than a rail system can, and Detroit is now moving to upgrade bus transportation. GM, the nation's largest maker of city buses, is spending $32 million redesigning theirs to provide more comfortable seats, a smoother suspension, wider doors and better visibility for both driver and passengers. Chrysler and American Motors both have Government contracts to develop new buses...