Word: kimonoed
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...Kimonos in Düsseldorf. The Japanese challenge has left the Germans far behind in steel production and shipbuilding. Japan's yards now build more than half the world's shipping tonnage, German yards less than 9%. The Japanese say that some of the German orders come from shippers who were turned down by Japanese yards that are booked to capacity for years to come. German exporters are losing their markets in China and the rest of Asia to the Japanese, and are being pushed increasingly hard even in Europe. For example, an official of Zeiss Ikon says...
...boys." One lady arrived to find her favorite host with another client. She promptly belted down half a bottle of whiskey, demanded a duel with her rival-and found herself quickly shown the door. Another, similarly offended, poured herself a large sake and made local history by shredding her kimono on the spot...
...friendliness even if you don't understand the language," gurgled Sylvia Hitchcock, 21, the reigning Miss Universe and a girl well adapted to overcoming language barriers everywhere. After flying into Japan to hustle graciously for Royal Crown Cola, the company that sponsors her, Sylvia donned a long silk kimono and obi for a round of tradition al tea drinking. Her first pass showed a clear Western influence as she knocked back the whole cup in one gulp, but she was soon taking it down in the prescribed three sips. "It's fabulous," said Sylvia of the green Japanese...
...stalled taxi in the middle of the Place de la Concorde-this was Lewis' brilliant idea-the only place in the world safe from being overheard. The treaty was mysteriously dropped through the letter slot at the Tribune, wrapped in a piece of Chinese silk (some say a kimono). It would have been treasonable to publish the treaty, but Hunt got Senator Borah to start reading it for the Congressional Record, and a minute later the presses started rolling...
...British Cabinet. In last week's skit, Bird was a lisping Field Marshal Montgomery who passes up a "Violence for Peace" demonstration to go to Viet Nam and take lessons from a U.S. officer who trained at the "Massachusetts Institute of Guerrilla Warfare" and who wears a counterinsurgency kimono designed by Pucci...