Word: furse
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A persona to sell cosmetics must have a much more subtle appeal than one hawking dresses, furs or bras. Garments speak for themselves, and the wearer must simply show them to good advantage. Makeup is something else. It blends with the face, and the potential customer cannot distinguish the product...
With the dollar weak and the stock market struggling, Americans are wary of holding on to currency or investing in securities. Instead, some are caught up in an inflation-generated psychology of spending what they have on goods that seem better than money-and are putting their cash into gem...
AUNT AUGUSTA'S was a persistent past, and she dwells in reminiscence. She drapes herself in shoulder furs and slinky sequinned gowns, and mannerizes the carefree twenties with every flourish of her cigarette holder. Her figure has the lines of a Beardsley and her history mimics the twists of those...
"What did you think, dear?" a man asked his wife. She said (from under her furs), "Oh some parts were marvelous but some were positively awful."
Food for Furs. Still, it would be grossly premature to count Hammer out, if only because his history of friendly dealings with Soviet authorities goes back half a century. The son of a Russian emigre, Hammer was educated at Columbia as a doctor but never practiced medicine; even as a...