Word: coats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...beaver booster from Maine has made the latest contribution to the American tradition of combining the mystic and the commercial. Inspired by a dream in which Mamie Eisenhower accepted a fur coat from him, his organization--the Beaver Fur Trappers Association--presented the first lady with $1800 worth of prize pelts. Mrs. Eisenhower paid $385 to have a wrap made, which the trappers figured would usher in a renaissance of beaver popularity...
Besides beautifying Mrs. Eisenhower, the new coat raises once again the thorny problem of whether public officials and their families should accept large gifts. Beaver is not quite Democratic mink in spite of the latest advertising ploy, but the present administration has also been embarrassed by the generosity of King Saud of Arabia. One aide accepted an automobile from the monarch, and there are many daggers, watches and other golden mementos waiting to be distributed. In addition, Senator Wayne Morse has been unkind enough to nag the President about gifts of livestock and a tractor for his Gettysburg homestead...
...waiting room of Calgary airport one 18° morning last week, a stocky, greying man staggered cheerfully under the weight of a pile of enormous, fleece-lined coats. To arriving friends the man said: "Here, you better take this. It might be cold up there." It was. The gathering party's destination, Fort St. John, B.C., lay smothered under snowdrifts 8 ft. high. But to Francis Murray Patrick McMahon, temporary coat-dispenser and full-time oil-and-gas tycoon, a town buried under snow was no problem. Calling for "all the tractors from Dawson creek to the Alaska border...
...Instead, she gets slapped around by a sailor. "His body closed in on her and there was a brief violent scuffle, with Vivian pounding at him, trying to bring her knee up to jab him." Later, of course, "she closed her eyes, sagging against him like a coat on a hook...
...gave her a look of triumph, gulped his coffee, and then added more soberly, "But you wouldn't understand. You've never lived down there, and you've never known a nigger the way we know 'em." He rose, held her coat for her, and followed her out into the rain...