Word: outfit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Traveling Light. The nexus of activity was Fort Hood, Texas, home of the 2nd Armored. The "Hell on Wheels" outfit lived up to its name in Germany in 1945, when it bridged the Rhine in seven hours under heavy fire and began the race to Berlin. Some of the soldiers in Big Lift had not even been born then, and for two weeks before the operation began, all traffic signs at Fort Hood bore identical English and German phrases for the benefit of young tankers and truck drivers...
...single-breasted frock coat is the most important item in this outfit. Like tails, the morning coat dates back to the 18th century. But modern versions have lengthened lapels and are closed by a single button...
When you receive an invitation saying "black tie," you are in for a semiformal evening requiring a tuxedo. This outfit is the only species of formal wear which immortalizes an American town--Tuxedo, N. Y. It gained its excellent name through an incident in 1886. In that gilded year a member of the 400 appeared at a Newport gala with the tails neatly snipped off his frock coat. Understandably scandalized, the fashionable crowd forced him to flee Newport. He then took refuge at Tuxedo where the coat sans tail became popular. From Tuxedo the tuxedo spread bearing the name...
Most popular with satin shawl collar, the tuxedo also comes in peaked lapels; even notched lapels trimmed in braid were recently introduced. A pleated formal shirt with French cuffs, black bow tie, and Cummerbund, and black Oxford shoes and hose finish the outfit. However, young men in this area have been known to dispense with the French cuffs and Oxford shoes without disasterous effects...
...question is what was the poisoned apple that turned the Crimson into a soggy, lethargic outfit shortly after Wally Grant scored Harvard's first touchdown on its initial play from scrimmage...