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Word: leathers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...beside the house, where Elvis used to keep his slot-car racetracks, visitors are reminded of what all the shoutin' is about. Some 150 of Elvis' gold and platinum records, including Hound Dog and Heartbreak Hotel, range down a long corridor. His film and stage costumes, from tailored black leather to elaborate Las Vegas numbers, adorn faceless mannequins. Some women with an eye for fashion think the white jumpsuits have been taken in beyond the dimensions necessary to fit the porky Elvis in his final years. Guides stoutly deny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memphis The Mansion Music Made | 12/19/1988 | See Source »

...presidential limousine rested at Parkland Hospital. A grim young man was washing away the blood and flesh that had splattered the leather upholstery. The sight was shattering. The red roses given to Jackie were still in the car -- crushed, broken. The young man in his neat dark suit, sleeves pushed up, swabbed the seats. They glistened in their miserable wetness. Beside the car was a bucket with brownish red water. If any doubt remained about this calamity, it was swept away in one glance at that bucket. So simple, so hideous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Assassination | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

...flash-bulb of a face, and with George Bush--George Bush--finally able to look old Ron in the eye and say, "Well, pard...," it sure feels like I'm choking on a nation-wide haze of loose strands of woollen argyle and wafting fumes of Bean's Best Leather Oil. So I decided to get on a train. Heading north...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Post-Election Escapism | 11/22/1988 | See Source »

...theft of several leather jackets spoiled the fun for some at a WHRB-sponsored dance at Quincy House on Saturday...

Author: By Carolyn J. Sporn, | Title: Jacket Thefts Plague WHRB-Sponsored Party | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

Jacobstein said he did not believe the officers could have known whether a person leaving the dance in a leather jacket had stolen it. Jacobstein said that when he attends parties from now on, "I probably will not take my jacket...

Author: By Carolyn J. Sporn, | Title: Jacket Thefts Plague WHRB-Sponsored Party | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

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