Word: hat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only solution for Varela, as it has been for other students who are follicularly challenged, is the base-ball cap. Varela says he has been wearing his Baltimaore Orioles hat since the unfortunate turn of events--and in encouraged by the speed at which his hair is growing back...
Some students have a political bone to pick. For others, the hat has religious significance. Some are intent on telling the world where they came from. And a few just show support for their favorite sports teams...
...Hat History...
...baseball hat had humble beginnings. In 1851, the New York Knickerbockers, a band of poorly paid ballplayers who rarely travelled outside Manhattan, began wearing straw hats to keep the afternoon sun out of their eyes...
Fans did not begin wearing caps until the 20th century. The "Boston" style cap, with a close fitting crown and button top, became the standard by 1910, and that is essentially the baseball hat that is worn in Harvard classrooms and dining halls today...