Word: cottoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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American servicemen do not expect to make the cover of Gentlemen's Quarterly, but they do want their combat wear to be both practical and neat. The latest Army fatigues appear to be neither. The half-nylon, half-cotton outfit, with its amoebic pattern of green, brown, tan and black, is unacceptably hot, even in temperate climates. It was designed to be an "all-service, all-purpose" uniform, but clerks, mechanics and drill sergeants alike bemoan its uncomfortable cut and slovenly look. It was supposed to be the pride of the Pentagon, but the battle dress uniform (B.D.U...
...B.D.U.s replaced the popular and battle-tested green cotton-and-poly-ester fatigues, which had been in service for 24 years. The Army has spent $205 million on 6.4 million sets and is pressing on with plans to buy 7 million more at a cost of $227 million. The Army plans to provide at least four sets to each of the more than 778,000 regular soldiers, both men and women, and to 670,000 National Guardsmen. The uniform will also be used by the other services. Nonetheless, alterations are planned. A new line will do away with the reinforced...
...Cotton Bowl...
...Francisco health-food manufacturer, stood and applauded early this month when they heard about their upcoming Christmas presents. Chairman J. Gary Shansby announced that the year-end bonuses would be boosted from the 5.5% of their salaries that was paid last year to 12%. Said Personnel Director Al Cotton: "They were ecstatic...
...harm than good. While he approved Government support of research and development and Government-financed job-retraining programs, Schultze warned that a "coordination" program would almost surely increase protectionism and unwarranted subsidies. Said he: "A Government agency that explicitly tries to sit there and say, 'The cotton industry can live but the wool-textile industry will die' or 'The Youngstown steel plant can be rehabilitated but the Weirton plant must close' will be a terrible mistake." The invisible hand of the free market, Schultze said, should make the decisions about industrial structure, even though the "choices...