Word: colorful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lucky, the new soldier is assigned to a facility that looks more like a garden apartment complex than a military barracks. Completely air-conditioned, the buildings are equipped with color television, single beds, spacious lockers and individual toilet facilities that old Sad Sack, the perennial latrine orderly, would not believe. So far, only one of these super-barracks has been constructed at Fort Jackson, but three others are being built or are scheduled for erection, enough to handle half of the 4,000 male recruits that stream through the gates every month...
...defense attorney has a craggy, hand some face that is the color of boiled beef. The deeply-graven lines from the wings of his nose to the outside of his mouth give him a simian look. You can usually tell how the defense is faring from the mood on William Homans's face. On a disappointing day he is irascible and his forehead is wrinkled. On a good day his eyes light up, and the lines outside his nose become smile lines...
...Erytreans For Liberty in America all have the same color skins, a mixture arrived at by melting a bar of Suchard's milk chocolate in a pint of walnut finish. They're all males, all under 5'10", all have arabic features, and all sport little black moustaches. They speak a foreign tongue...
...stands, where it is less damp, this congregation is a crusade with hundreds of pennants strewn in the glowering breeze. The button sellers offer their indulgences. Their most popular model is the "March Against Racism" sold to defray the organizers' costs. It is in the same black and green color scheme as their banners and has a logo with six white, eight black, six polka dotted, and a few incomplete heads. If costs a dollar. There are also two black button models. One is a $.2 bargain, the other is larger and more expensive, though its price seems to fluctuate...
...white woman in a beaver coat lunges next to him. She is clubbed on the back and falls face down in the gutter. Owens climbs onto the roof of the sound truck at the front of the column. He asks for attention. The crowd won't listen. His brown color-coordinated coat, pants and tie have the look of Esquire's fashion page. His moustache is definitely in Vogue...