Word: appareled
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...economists would say that in 1949 the U.S. economy had achieved stability. But the U.S. had started down from the dizzy and dangerous peak of inflation without breaking its neck. Food and apparel prices had come down 3.8%, wholesale prices of manufactured goods about 5% and the total cost of living 1.1%. In short, prices which had gyrated upward in giddy, uneven swings were coming down in an orderly manner. The bogy of recession that had haunted everyone for four years was not completely laid, but it was a vanishing specter...
...Christmas, you might make a slight gesture in the form of an alarm clock. The guy who is looking for a blond may find that he will cut a much gayer figure in a nylon shirt, a suede or plaid vest and a new hat. All this apparel is filling up a lot of women's Christmas lists...
...dealers would get a new wholesale price of $12, but they had paid $17 each for the suits they had on hand. President Ward gave them ten days to clear out their old stocks at the old prices. But one retailer made the mistake of letting the apparel trade's Daily News Record in on the secret. News services spotted the trade-paper item and spread the good news to bargain-hungry U.S. consumers. Result: Goodall's retailers could no longer find anyone foolish enough to pay $27.50 for a Palm Beach...
...clothing will go to the Student Council-sponsored Rest Center at Salzburg, Austria, which late last month sent out an urgent appeal for wearing apparel of all kinds...
...fascinate the housewife. The Book of Costume is also more instructive than many a history book, because it does not stop at tracking flares and gussets down through the ages. It is a history of the ornaments used by-men & women to add the finishing touches to their apparel-enameled watches, canes, necklaces, lap dogs...