Word: flannel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Reflections in a Golden Eye, to my mind, patented the whole type of the skinny schizoid, and her mannerisms in this, a strikingly similar role, take on their own campy charm. She clutches her breast and shudders with a frail quiver wholly natural. One merely hopes that bathrobes and flannel nightgowns will not become her uniform. Estelle Parsons, similarly, had practice in Rachel, Rachel for her part here as the frustrated schoolmarm. I think, if anything, she has improved the characterization which won her an academy award nomination. Her acting is superb throughout, and since she is the most articulate...
...Korean navy band belted out the bridal march from Lohengrin, 791 couples from all over the world filed into a huge indoor gym in the South Korean capital. The brides wore the traditional Korean maxi-length skirts and matching white chogori (blouses), and the men were dressed mainly in flannel suits. Resplendent on the platform in front of them stood Master Sun Myung Moon and his wife in golden robes and glistening crowns. As two thousand curious spectators looked on, Master Moon intoned: "Will you swear to love your spouse forever?" The 1,582 men and women responded: "Ye" (Korean...
That hippie dress is just as conformist as the gray flannel suit...
Neatly dressed in pin stripes and conservative gray flannel, the briefcase brigade constituted a cross section of the New York bar. Among its members were retired judges, shaggy-maned young associates and grizzled senior partners. They came to Washington not to demonstrate, but to argue...
...Establishment, the pawns (wearing helmets and carrying clubs) are members of the police tactical squad. Rooks are blue paddy wagons, knights Army and Navy officers; bishops take the form of businessmen in gray flannel suits and horn-rimmed glasses, clutching attaché cases and minicopies of the Wall Street Journal. The queen wears a little black evening gown, long white gloves and pearls; she has tinted blonde hair and is decidedly overweight. The king wears a black tuxedo and a jeweled ring on his finger; he comes complete with a cigar and a bald spot...