Word: knit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Topped with another covering in winter, the air holes are supposed to trap the body's heat. In summer, without the extra wrap, the loose knit allows free circulation...
...marked as the biggest target of all. Colgate-Palmolive is test-marketing an 007 line of men's toiletries "that make any man dangerous." In May, Revere Knitting Mills will bring out knit shirts with the numerals 007 embroidered on them. Spatz Bros, of New York is making a new 007 trench-coat with secret pockets, throws a plastic Beretta into the bargain. Weldon Manufacturing is planning his and hers pajamas with secret pockets, and Harry Diamond Corp. is making 007 swimsuits and sports shirts. Angostura Bitters has begun pushing an 007 drink-gin or vodka with lemon juice...
First came Florence, the boutiques and the gags. Glans covered one pair of pants with another (toreador on the bottom, pantaloons on top), while Ava-golf finished off a long knit dinner dress with two balloons (slit to accommodate feet), left it to Pucci to put fans at the tail ends of a linen evening suit. There was Fabiani's transparent black chiffon dress, dubbed (by Fabiani) "the sexiest in Italy," Micia's shift made out of black poker chips, Trico's black knit, orange-bordered at-home outfit (complete with a ring to be worn...
Parts of major arteries, including the biggest of all, the aorta, are far easier to deal with. They are regularly replaced or bypassed with grafts of Dacron knit such as was used in surgery on the Duke of Windsor. Electrical pacemakers to regulate or replace the beat of a faltering heart have by now been implanted under the abdominal skin of 10,000 patients, with leads to their hearts; all these devices are encased in Silastic because of its inertness...
...names are seldom in the headlines and the real extent of their power is appreciated by only a few in siders, there is in the non-Communist world a band of global money managers who have done almost as much as politicians or generals to head off crisis and knit nations together. Using their specialized skills, they have built a delicately balanced monetary structure that for 20 years has helped to expand trade, travel and economic growth around the world. Last week they faced - and over came - the greatest challenge since their financial fortress was created at Bretton Woods...