Word: khaki
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...Spoiler is the same old khaki socks...
...swashbuckler in khaki, jetting secretly into Viet Nam, summoning his commanders, sending off the bombers, riding silently past the lines of lean young men fresh out of foxholes. But it was a melancholy experience, not at all like the movies. Speeding back to the U.S. after his Viet Nam visit, Johnson was a deeply troubled man. He had found out that...
...them crippled. In the midst of their worship, the droning incantations from the loudspeakers on the minarets are momentarily drowned out by the roar of two camouflaged MiG-21s streaking toward targets upcountry. Outside, a truck goes by with two Soviet soldiers in the back. They wear wide-brimmed khaki ranger hats and olive-drab bulletproof vests, and they hold their Kalashnikov assault rifles at the ready, barrels upright, on their knees...
Wearing red berets or khaki forage caps emblazoned with buttons, Scout knives dangling from every webbed belt, the youngsters here plunge into seven days of whirlwind activity. They compete in a wilderness decathlon, pitch horseshoes, brand leather, play soccer and Frisbee, build a bridge without any rope, set up a tent blindfolded, run an obstacle course with arms tied, fish, canoe, raft, fire air rifles on a marksmanship range...
...before they entered college. The trio then decided to exploit their preppie cachet. They assembled about 25 well-scrubbed young men and women to do odd jobs in the well-heeled area and called their new enterprise Preps for Rent. The basic company uniform: Lacoste shirts, Top Siders and khaki pants or shorts. For $7 an hour, this upper-class job corps mows lawns, serves drinks and paints houses...