Word: denim
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...garden equipment, fears that the new plant it will open next spring will not be able to operate at capacity because it will not be able to get enough steel. In San Francisco, Levi Strauss & Co. is having to ration blue jeans to stores because of a scarcity of denim. In Los Angeles, American Chemical Corp. is having trouble getting enough raw materials to make plastic steering wheels, garden hoses and bottles. Capitol Records is trying to eke out supplies of vinyl by recycling old pressings...
Some six miles south of Machias on Route 1 the cars pass a man in a blue workshirt and brown denim pants, striding along the shoulder of the road. Some of the cars honk and the man waves in response. Approaching a farmhouse, he leaves the road to greet a farmer standing by the side of the building. "Hi, I'm Bill Cohen," he says. "I'm walking through the county and wanted to stop by and see how things are going...
...long list of not-guilty verdicts was being read by the clerk, the mostly-bearded, denim-clad defendants flashed gleeful smiles at jurors. U.S. Attorney Jack Carrouth shook his head silently...
...prospect of greater exclusivity. "We have models here with thick necks or broad hips or short legs," says Esparza. "I hide these faults with my clothes. That is couture, and that is why ready-to-wear can never take its place." As for the noncouture masses, let them wear denim...
...that really Elizabeth Taylor's face under the faded blue denim...