Word: bra
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...designers, Johannesburg's Francois Joubert and Willem Taylor, both 27, say that 900 distaff Dillons in Kansas City, Chicago, Paris and Gibraltar have ordered the bra, which at $4.55 (including detachable covers in colors, as well as lessons in the handling of guns) has attracted 525 South African buyers since late last year. Joubert and Taylor are urging local fashion houses to manufacture special blouses for easier holster attachment, arguing "a figure that attracts an admirer can attract an attacker...
Residents will probably have from four to six months before they will be forced to move from their homes, although some appear to be under the apprehension that the BRA could evict them before Christmas...
Leading the fight against the BRA renewal project is Bernard Redgate, chairman of the North Harvard Neighborhood Committee, and his mother. Mrs. Marjorie Redgate. Four Harvard undergraduates who live in the community are also aiding in the struggle...
Outside the Redgates' small store is a sign erected more than two years ago, when the BRA first indicated it wanted the North Harvard area for a renewal project. The sign reads: "TO HELL WITH URBAN RENEWAL, IT IS LEGALIZED THEFT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY. WE SHALL DEFEND OUR HOMES WITH OUR LIVES...
...community has fought desperately to prevent the BRA from seizing its land. Residents have turned out en masse for public hearings, chased a BRA assessor from the area, and picketed Mayor Collins' home...