Word: lighter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...longer just heavy rugs, furs now come in lighter weights, often in combination with leather, with removable foul-weather covers, and in a rainbow of nonnatural colors. Some new items: a burgundy-colored opossum jacket selling briskly in Manhattan stores for $600; Designer Calvin Klein's $3,000 celery-green kimono-style mink jacket at top department stores around the country. Especially popular are inexpensive jackets priced as low as $70, made of sewn-to-gether "plates"-fragments of paws, underbellies, and other less-than-prime skins...
Distillers claim that they are trying to serve the changing tastes of U.S. drinkers, who for a generation have been shifting away from the stronger native spirits, like 100-proof bourbon (still generally available), and buying more of the lighter-tasting Scotch and Canadian whiskies. Sam Chilcote, a spokesman for the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S., calls the move toward lower proof "a marketing decision reflecting ... preference habits of consumers," and Carmel Tintle, vice president for corporate affairs for American Distilling, refers to it as part of a "trend toward moderation." All this may sound eminently reasonable...
...next width is the light touring ski and has the advantage of being faster and lighter than the regular touring...
...varsity wrestling team was downed last night by Springfield, 28-9, in the matmen's first match of the season. The Crimson grapplers in the lighter weights did well, but Harvard was blasted by the superb wrestlers who man the middle weights for Springfield...
...team can come through the dangerous early matches in good shape, the lighter remaining schedule and improved team balance could lead to the best record in several years. Hofstra shapes up as the only opponent on this year's slate that Harvard doesn't seem capable of defeating, according...