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Word: garb (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...protest was not without its opponents. One baseball enthusiast dressed in Chicago Cubs garb, who caried a sign reading, "Derek Bok get out of Shea; Cubs number one," briefly clashed with the Mets supporters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mets Fanatics Stage Widener Rally; Cubbies and Fringe Boosters Agitate | 4/19/1986 | See Source »

...Kuna woman's traditional dress but to her life. From her first crude attempts at the difficult reverse applique, a Kuna woman will stitch on her mola daily, first for her trousseau, then to sell. Yet when the corps arrived in 1963, Indian women were shedding their artful garb for cheap cotton dresses, and it was feared the unique craft of the mola would be lost, along with the cash it earned the Indians. The volunteers organized a Cooperativa de Productos de Mola. By the time I arrived to organize the eager women on Playon Chico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gone, But Not Forgotten | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

...Crimson crowd--mostly returning vacationers and 50-year old alumni--was a tad more subtle. Aside from the band's maroon blazers and an occasional football jersey, Harvard garb was limited, for the most part, to scattered veritas ties and crimson vests...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: One Brief Shining Moment | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

From face to foot, the Crimson is outfitted in spanking new, hi-tech garb this season...

Author: By Ted Ullyot, | Title: Checkmating Injuries | 11/15/1985 | See Source »

...politics of getting in are ever-changing. Of course, every would-be Don Johnson figures he knows the secret to success. Sometimes he's right; more often, he's not. The propects fall into two general categories: those who attempt to stand out with outrageous garb and Soho hair, and those who try to blend in with what they consider the "cool norm...

Author: By Preston W. Brooks and Michael C.D. Okwu, S | Title: Art and Dance in New York | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

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