Word: handbagged
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jackson Lake, about the only Romney agent in sight was his wife Lenore, who was seen toting a handbag embroidered with the slogan, LET GEORGE DO IT. Only one Reagan operative was on hand. But F. Clifton White, the upstate New Yorker whose brilliant organizational work was a major factor in Barry Goldwater's 1964 nomination, flew in with several of the men who helped him pull off that coup...
...women like to rest at the very base of the steps. They lean against a side block or let their bodies sag forward until only the support of a forearm wedged between chin and knee prevents them from closing completely around themselves. A vinyl handbag lies near-by and its bright color is a surprise against the grey stone and gray...
...formal occasions she wears hatty hats, motherly dressmaker suits, and for a handbag-a majestic holdall." The pussycats of London's fashion press were helping Britain's Princess Anne celebrate her 16th birthday with some swipes at her clothes. "All those conventions of British royal dress have been decanted on her," complained the London Sunday Express's writer, though conceding that Anne does have "the young idea when she's off duty." Well, did that mean miniskirts? Not at all. In Jamaica with Prince Charles for the Commonwealth Games, she made the scene in a pair...
...With the exception of a series of incidents of pickpocketing and handbag snatching created by two boys (since apprehended), there is no indication of any undue violations of law in the squares described," DeGuglielmo said in a letter sent to the Council yesterday...
...others discovered, a woman's handbag is an all-purpose arsenal. Nail files and umbrella handles are good for gouging, hairbrush handles, ball-point pens and rolled-up magazines for general jabbing at vital areas. Hatpins* are oldfashioned, but very useful: "If you hold it by the top you can make holes in people." High heels and key rings are excellent for leaving marks: "Hold the key ring in your palm, make the keys extend through your fingers and scratch. We won't have any trouble identifying...