Word: fabrications
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pupils under five, there are hymns and simple prayers; later there are Scripture lessons and Bible stories. As the pupil grows older, he is led into the Old Testament and the life and teachings of Christ. Gradually, this simple beginning is expanded to include the whole fabric of Christianity...
...White Suit. Top-grade British movie yarn spun out of whole cloth, with Alec Guinness in a tailor-made comedy role as the inventor of an indestructible fabric (TIME, April...
...were still in their high-priced phase. Many men, accustomed to paying about $20 for a cotton seersucker or $50 for a light worsted, looked askance at the $82.50 price asked by New York's Witty Bros, for a 100% Dacron suit. (The price is high because Dacron fabric still costs a lot more than worsteds.) But Witty predicted it would sell 16,000 such suits in 1952 against the 2,500 available last year. (Witty Bros, plugged the fact that its Dacron slacks are washable.) Other merchants, using blends of Dacron with wool, rayon, nylon, or other less...
Deering, Milliken & Co., Inc., whose "Visa" is a blend of 55% Dacron and 45% wool, introduced another new fabric, "Lo-rette," made of a blend of 55% Orion and 45% wool, which it predicted would be a big seller for women's sportswear and suits when marketed next fall...
...White Suit. Top-grade British movie yarn spun out of whole cloth, with Alec Guinness in a tailor-made comedy role as the inventor of an indestructible, dirt-proof fabric (TIME, April...