Word: furse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The Canadian government is having similar thoughts after four years of hostile publicity and occasional exaggerations about the hunt. In 1964, a Quebec TV crew filmed it to glorify the hardy Newfoundland swilers; the finished product horrified Canadians instead (although swilers angrily maintain that scenes of seals being skinned alive...
The French economic picture is the reverse image of that in West Germany. In the first two weeks of February, France's reserves declined $29 million, while Germany's rose more than $121 million. France's ability to compete has been severely hampered by inflation; domestic prices...
Clothes counted, but not much. Folk over 35 preferred the "expensive square" look: Italian tailoring for the men, boots and casual furs for the wives. The younger element went in for "proletarian mod"-long hair, long coats and long pants on the girls, 19th century haircuts, leather jackets and blue...
It is sleek and lightweight, lustrous and warm. "You can do anything with mink because it handles as easily as cloth," says Ernest Graf, executive vice president of Ben Kahn Furs Corp. "Mink is durable. Mink is beautiful."
Money tells much about a nation's character because it is so closely entwined with a nation's history, psychology and destiny. Ever since Stone Age men began bartering with furs, and the ancient Lydians introduced metal money, practically every dominant civilization has risen to power partly through...