Word: hosed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There is a third misconception currently being heard, which owes its popularity to the skillful presentation of Louis Halle. In a recent issue of the New Republic, Professor Halle wrote that de Gaulle "has known how to use the power to obstruct, which is the only power available to hose who lack what is required for leadership. ... He sits supreme in the Elysee Palace and exerts his power by saying...
Radcliffe's freshman rooming problem, according to the Dean, is essentially a matter of space, and will therefore be partially remedied by the erection of the Fourth Hose...
Technically, the postwar Grand Guignol was as good as ever. First-rate viscera were made from red rubber hose and sponges soaked in blood. Hand bulbs squirted blood through a hollow in the spoons that gouged out victims' eyes. The blood really curdled. It came in nine shades, and was mixed daily by Director Nonon...
...only dirty brown. Why are lace trimmings so shoddy? Not enough lace or lacemaking machines. Only four factories in the country produce nonrun nylons, and the 83 stocking-repair shops in Moscow are so far behind that it may take a month to fix a pair of hose. Square-fingered Soviet gloves, complained Izvestia, "make even the most graceful hand look like a paw." Hair rinses, shampoos and large curlers are hard to find; one reporter in Moscow waited more than four hours for a hair dresser, still was twelfth in line when the shop was ready to close. Concluded...
...most part, Ferkauf relies on private-label soft goods put out for him by big-brand manufacturers. Korvette's calls them "compara-bles"; they include such items as Kayser-Roth "Nolde" nylons at $2.55 for three pairs, v. $4.05 for Kayser's better known "Kayser" hose, and Kentshire sheets by Pacific at $2.57 apiece, v. $3.49 for regular Pacific sheets. Though his competitors sneer that some of Ferkauf's "comparables" look more like sacks than Saks, he does offer many a genuine bargain. Samples: Italian hand-knit men's sweaters for $8.99, Dacron and wool...