Word: furness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...manner not overly dramatic and sometimes exciting, traces the voyage of a group offur traders from St. Louis up the Missouri River to the Blackfoot country. This was the first attempt to batter with the normally hostile tribe, and the group had to contend with a rival fur company as welf...
This perhaps sounds like a standard Western plot. But is interesing portrayal of both Indians and fur trappers make The Big Sky quite a bit better than average. Kirk Douglas, in a role cast from the mold of James Fenimore Cooper's "Hawkeye," strikes a good balance between heroism and humor. And the leading lady is a real Indian...
Fabric is also a keynote this year. The ruling thought is to make wood look like cloth, cloth look like fur, and fur look like fabric. Dacron has coped the crown from rayon, nylon, et al. Poodle cloth is indistinguishable from persian lamb, and the glittering sheen of furs resembles satin more than sable...
American Vegetarian. For President, Brigadier General Herbert C. Holdridge (ret..); for Vice President, Symon Gould, a N.Y. rare-book dealer. The party is firmly pacifist and opposes the slaughter of "any living thing." "We believe," says Gould, "women should be childbearing instead of fur-bearing." The Vegetarians don't want to get on any ballot. "The only good parties are those that don't get on the ballot." says Gould. "If we got into office, we'd probably be like the Republicans and the Democrats. Only thing they have is power. And you know about power. Breeds...
...worse, Eleanor had only one personal maid and one personal laundress. She got only $17,000 pocket money a year . . . Her clothes were mostly rags stitched together by cut-rate seamstresses like Hattie Carnegie and Valentina . . . She had only 113 pairs of shoes, 41 sweaters, and eleven ratty-looking fur coats. At no time did I ever buy her an $80,000 sable...