Time to talk less about the Swinging Sixties and more about keeping eyes open today.

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Jaguar, which sold 54, 200 cars last year, needs some of the sparkle it had during the swinging sixties.

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Imagine a neon den of Swinging Sixties-era cool, where couples cozy next to the bubbling fire pit and strangers trade sultry glances over their Mai Tais.

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It took place against the backdrop of the supposedly swinging Sixties - among the records in the Top Ten that week were hits by the Supremes, the Kinks, Sandie Shaw and Cilla Black.

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In an effort to keep with the times, Ascot did experiment in the Swinging Sixties - in 1968, men were permitted to wear lounge suits in the Royal Enclosure on the Friday of the meeting.

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Among my favourite parts of the book is Mr Mehta's early life in London in the swinging sixties as a callow young man, who arrives from India with a few shillings and bags of Indian tea.

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Carnaby Street may not have the same cachet as it had in its swinging sixties heyday, but it has had something of a revival in recent years and now boasts plenty of trendy names such as Storm, Diesel and American Apparel.

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