Word: clothes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American market is also the most demanding in the world. American consumers have high standards for the products they buy, and many foreign products must be completely redesigned to conform to their wants. British textile weavers, accustomed to making cloth 36 inches wide, found that American patterns required it to be at least 39 inches wide. Some other sellers have made the necessary changes. But most foreign producers still see no reason why they should adapt their products to American wants, even if they could afford the expense. It is hard for them to accept the rule that...
...week's end detachments of Indian riflemen and paratroopers with less friendly intent moved in on Dana territory. The headhunters offered a deal: to return each severed head for two wild bison, ten short swords and 60 yards of durable cloth...
Fireproof Cloth. A new fireproofing solution for cloth was demonstrated at the National Safety Congress in Chicago by Treesdale Laboratories and Textile Processing Co. of Pittsburgh. Cloth treated with Permaproof will not flame at heats up to 4,500° F., can be laundered repeatedly without losing its fireproofing. It is already being used by several steel companies for cloth smocks to replace the heavy asbestos suits formerly worn by workers...
...quality of the film lies in Swanson's ability to catch the innate humor in his cast. Pennywhistle Blues takes the South African native out of a loin cloth and puts him into the Western clothes he's accustomed to wearing. It is a film in which the natives amuse rather than terrorize. With its inventive photography and a crew of natural performers, Mr. Swanson has come up with some sensitive anthropological touches that Margaret Mead never thought about. And nobody flings a spear all evening...
...hand whipped over his glistening shoes in offbeat rhythm to the tune he was whistling. It was "Over There," with many martial trills and cadenzas. ". . .And we won't come back tum de tum tum over there," he finished with a satisfied flick of a shoe cloth...