Search Details

Word: outfits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...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...

Author: By Susan M. Rogers, | Title: A Formal Wear Primer Unravels a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma | 10/25/1963 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: Crimson Dumps Scarlet Knights Here, 28-0 | 10/7/1963 | See Source »

...forbidding mountains, matted jungle and a towering cultural barrier. Their national languages, whether Spanish or Portuguese, are unknown tongues. Most of the Indians cannot even read or write their own dialects, and many tribes have no formal written language at all. Now, thanks to a private, U.S.-based outfit called the Summer Institute of Linguistics, the Indians are learning at least two of the three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Americas: Apostle of the Alphabet | 9/27/1963 | See Source »

What about the Soviet Union? "I have always favored withdrawing recognition from Russia. I never favored recognition from the start. . . I don't like to lend dignity and respect to an outfit that says they're out to bury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics: Somewhat Nonconformist | 9/6/1963 | See Source »

...divided among a variety of insurgents, ranging from tribal groups, such as the Shans, Karens and Kachins, to two major bands of Communist insurgents, 1) the Trotskyite Red Flag movement, and 2) the larger White Flag Communists, who are fragmented into Stalinist and Revisionist wings. Still another insurgent outfit is composed of several hundred Chinese Nationalist soldiers who fled their homeland years ago and have since operated as bandits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma: The Way to Socialism-- & Havoc | 8/30/1963 | See Source »

Previous | 381 | 382 | 383 | 384 | 385 | 386 | 387 | 388 | 389 | 390 | 391 | 392 | 393 | 394 | 395 | 396 | 397 | 398 | 399 | 400 | 401 | Next