Word: garbed
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...materialism inherent in the doll, had her espouse all sorts of the craziest ideas one witnesses in the Middle East, only in the lingo of Barbie.So just as Talking Barbie might exclaim, “I hate math!” and appear trussed up in the most immodest garb imaginable, a talking Fulla doll might exclaim, as the Oct. 13 Salient’s parody advertisement imagined it, “I like shopping!” Yet, before going to the bazaar, perhaps Fulla, unlike Barbie, would have to seek out her misplaced abaya, the full-length garment...
LOOK SHARP AT SEA DriDuds, a new line of waterproof outfits, above, $45, repels wind and water and weighs less than a pound. Other angling garb: Frogg Toggs' $19 Chilly Pad and $16 Hydroweave Cap, a towel and hat for beating boat heat. Wet them and they stay cool for hours...
...this climate, I found myself playing a role too: scapegoat. Admittedly, my Africa garb, comprised of white linens and a Panama hat, made me an obvious target, but the gall of my inquisitors! After half an hour spent lingering about an old slave fort, one African-American who’d been eyeing me crept towards me and asked, “Don’t you feel guilty...
...popular teacher who normally forgoes clerical garb, Curran was fired by Catholic University's bishop-dominated board in 1967 because of his liberal views, but was reinstated following a campus-wide faculty and student strike. After Pope Paul VI reaffirmed the traditional ban on artificial birth control in a 1968 encyclical, Curran rallied 600 Catholic academics and church professionals to endorse a statement that couples were justified in following their own conscience...
...Karpov then erred, taking a time-out that gave his opponent a chance to recover. When play resumed five days later, Kasparov, following the custom of changing garb after a defeat, was wearing a new, light-gray suit, and confidently played to a draw that broke Karpov's run. Because he could retain his title with a tie, Kasparov had merely to draw the next three games. But caution is not his style, and he attacked in the first part of Game 22. The next day a rapt Leningrad audience watched as officials revealed the move Kasparov had decided...