Word: dripping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...merciful ass and trample his duty under foot. Injun Joe was believed to have killed five citizens of the village, but what of that? If he had been Satan himself, there would have been plenty of weaklings ready to scribble their names to a pardon petition, and drip a tear on it from their permanently impaired and leaky waterworks...
...another in Manhattan's garment district, where as many as 45 showings per day crammed the schedule. The designers played up what the fashion buffs call "wearability" (sensible clothes that fit in pretty well with any style or season) and "packability" (fresh emphasis on lightweight and non-crush, drip-dry convenience fabrics). There was a smart swing to dresses made from printed scarf material, dresses with matching jackets, and two-layer "tunics," i.e., a sheath ending above the knee, with a longer sheath of matching or different color underneath. There was a slim look in hats, a chunky look...
...still apt to think of Chicago as a breeding ground of gangsters rather than musicians. In Stuttgart a jovial German musician learned where they were from and greeted them by shouting, "Bang, bang, bang!" In Karlsruhe, West Germany, their hotel manager watched suspiciously as their caravan arrived, later spotted drip-dry shirts hanging on lines in their rooms and stomped off muttering, "Gypsies!" But as they made their gypsy-like way through 55 concerts in eleven countries-eating picnic lunches, staying in the cheapest hotels, often sleeping in their cars-their reputation grew and preceded them...