Word: outfit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they faded swiftly into the perennial twilight of 80-ft. trees, impenetrable bamboo thickets, and tangles of thorn and "wait a minute" vines. This was "Lurp Team Two," a long-range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, sent to seek out two Viet Cong regiments that their outfit was itching to locate, engage and destroy. Within moments, Team Two was itself in imminent danger of destruction...
Maybe. But for the moment, at least, the new maxis or midis seem not so much a threat to the miniskirt as an alternative. "The midi will get time, but not equal time with the mini," predicts Henri Bendel President Geraldine Stutz. She sees the midi as "a great outfit with boots and winter coats and a charming new look for evening," a change of pace from today's popular caftans and hostess pajamas. "It is very possible that skirts will drop during the next few seasons," says Dior's Marc Bohan, but adds: "The change will...
...funny lines occur in Woody Allen's and, to a much lesser extent, Peter Seller's scenes. About to be shot down by a firing squad, Allen--as Sir James Bond's nephew Jimmy Bond--protests, "I have a low threshold of death." Sellers, being fitted for a spy outfit, is asked, "Which side do you dress?" and he answers, "Away from the window, usually." But since the scenes without these two are so repulsively unfunny, one is led to believe both Sellers and Allen did a good lot of improvising. Particularly Allen, whose entire performance resembles...
Last month Leap's agents were able to place an order for 10 million pills at $15 a thousand (they cost 56? a thousand to make). Next, the D-men raided an outfit aptly named Fixaco Inc., operating out of a motel in Imperial, Mo., where they said they found 650,000 bennies. The agents made six arrests, including John R. Kauffmann, operator of the motel and of Fixaco, who was charged with having made two illegal sales. He and the other five all pleaded not guilty...
...country last year, but troubles at goalie and attack have turned them into a less formidable squad this season. They do have two 1966 all-Americans at midfield in co-captains George Armiger and Howie Zeskind, and the defense boasts three lettermen from last spring's New England championship outfit...