Word: apricot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last Paris collection, said Vogue bravely, had been "especially ingenious . . . With metal and leather taken by the Army, she fastened her coats with dog leashes." In bombed-out London, British Vogue continued to publish, carried ads for "especially designed protection costumes ... of pure oiled silk . . . available in dawn, apricot, rose, amethyst, Eau de Nil green and pastel pink. The wearer can cover a distance of 200 yards through mustard gas." It also advised readers that "white acces sories are very chic in wartime. They show up well in blackouts...
...with four chocolate bars, and trekking 300 miles to the British lines and the world's headlines. There is Churchill the Conservative and Churchill the Liberal, and Churchill the World War I battalion commander who bought up one French town's "entire seasonal production of peach and apricot brandy." Above all, there is Churchill the phrasemaker, who could beat even Bernard Shaw to the verbal draw. Before an opening night, Shaw once sent Churchill a pair of tickets with a note saying: "Come to my play and bring a friend, if you have a friend." Churchill sent back...
...excited to sleep during the rest of the night, Elizabeth kept leaving her cot to watch other nocturnal visitors at the waterhole. In the morning she breakfasted on bacon & eggs, and tossed bananas to baboons below. Just before noon, clad in apricot-colored blouse and brown slacks, Britain's Queen, unaware of her high position, left the hut in high spirits over her "tremendous experience" and vowed to come again soon with her father. "He'd love it," she said...