Word: donning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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To meet that challenge, New York-born, Harvard-educated Don Connery, 33, had traveled through more of India than most Indian journalists. He had tramped the dusty roads of Bombay state with Land Reformer Vinoba Bhave, hunted rhino in Nepal, lunched with the Wali of Swat, prowled the lower depths...
"Our suits don't look well on ordinary Russians," conceded Vasily Popkov, chief of the garment industry's Central Clothing Institute, "because they are tailored for Apollo. Our designers conceive of the customer in just two dimensions-height and chest width-and assume that for their other measurements...
"Now I don't say all of these things are bad. What I do deplore, however, is that growing emphasis on these devices tends to overshadow the editorial integrity of a magazine. In many instances, it looks to me from the outside as though the business office and the...
"We don't have to prove we have brains by looking like slobs," remarked a Cabot Hall resident, approving the contest. "After all, we're part of the Ivy League, and should dress accordingly," she added.
Just as everything is going along fine, the war interrupts the proceedings and the men go to the front. Tearful scenes ensue--although it must be admitted that these are fairly convincingly played. Some of the men return, some don't, and the film ends where it began, with the...