Word: dress
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...realizes she must help. The force of nature alone is not sufficient, even for her own freedom. Lifting her dress and tying it about her waist, she begins to run; moving as quickly as she can. With this effort, the muscles in her legs and torso begin to flame. This is work, labor at its most pure; this toiling to rid oneself of chains imposed by some other. Pleasure sharp and murderous, rages through her suddenly. Her motion inside the rain is a war; her battling unnoticed. Even though catcalls seem to be flying from all directions. Tiny boys whistle...
ALMOST all of them are white, middle class and solid. Usually, they are married and own $35,000 to $45,000 houses in stable, often suburban neighborhoods. They tend to avoid taking public stands on political issues and rarely become involved in social causes. Most wear their hair short, dress neatly in business suits and are physically trim. They are the special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and there are now 8,500 of them. Generally conservative, FBI agents believe in a strict adherence to bureau rules...
...paying fans who came out to the Idaho State University "Mini-dome" in Pocatello recently for the I.T.A.'s single dress-rehearsal meet saw more than amateur theatrics. The abbreviated twelve-event format was, as the promoters put it, "sequentially choreographed," eliminating the usual clutter caused when two or three events are staged simultaneously. When Pole Vaulter Bob Seagren bounded his way to an easy victory over three opponents by reaching 17 ft. 6 in., the audience was not distracted by competition in the mile run. Another I.T.A. innovation was pacer lights; spaced every ten yards along the track...
...totally new living environment for the individual soldier of The Modern Volunteer Army." So begins an official Defense Department plan that shows how far Sad Sack has come. With the draft ended, military authorities have made many changes aimed at luring recruits, including pay increases and more relaxed dress codes. The most startling innovation, however, is a new design for Government Issue barracks...
...noticed she wore her evening dress, all her dresses, like sports clothes-there was a jauntiness . . . as if she had first learned to walk upon golf courses on clean, crisp mornings...