Word: clothe
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...Hergé was contrite about Tintin in Congo, which was never published in English during his lifetime. And in the 1930s he was injecting anti-Nazi storylines into his work. In later books, Tintin is found fighting both communists and capitalists, and by the 1970s he had replaced his cloth cap and plus fours with blue jeans and yoga...
...running musical. The trappings of the production consisted of no more than a handful of minimal, stylized props that evoked a nostalgic idea of young love—and this gave the production a fittingly traditional tone. Indeed, without its characteristic cardboard moon, handfuls of confetti, and brightly-colored cloth draped across the black pipe structure that is the central set piece. “The Fantasticks” would have been an altogether different show. Yet adherence to these traditions was not free from controversy. One song, “It Depends On What...
Usually made of silk or cotton, the type of head scarf favored by strict Muslim women in Turkey typically measures just 1 m square. Yet that small quadrangle of cloth may bring down the nation's government and push its democratic institutions and secular traditions to crisis. On April 29, nearly a million Turkish citizens flooded Istanbul's trendiest downtown district in one of the largest demonstrations the ancient capital has ever seen. The cause of their ire: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) had named Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, a politician with an Islamist past...
Many students at yesterday’s protest also had cloth patches pinned to their shirts displaying the question, “Ask me why I’m fasting.” Another student held a large sign that read, “Security Starts With Justice.” Other students held empty paper plates as a symbol of their actions...
...plenty of ways to part a fan from his cash. You can join a tour party - as 200,000 fans do each year, paying $20 for the privilege. You can hit the Manchester United megastore, and look at anything from jewelry to lacy garters. It's not what the cloth-cap and meat-pie fans of yore would have bought. But then, the English Premier League left behind the world of those supporters long...