Word: parka
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Certainly anyone willing to pay the $1,700 price tag for such compact transport might easily see the value of the $319 MemBrain Denali jacket. The lightweight parka, made by Marmot of Santa Rosa, California, adjusts to the wearer's activity level: if one is, say, paddling briskly in the rain, strands of temperature-sensitive molecules expand to let vapor escape--then tighten up to trap body heat and prevent the chills when the canoer takes a break...
...midweek, Dole recruited a small army of surrogates to take up cudgels against Forbes and became smoother on the trail. His ads got tougher, his speeches softer. A new Dole ad in New Hampshire features the state's popular, youthful Governor Steve Merrill, clad in green parka and walking across a snow-covered suburban yard, accusing Forbes of proposing a plan that would rob citizens of their cherished property-tax deduction. Meanwhile, Dole himself reserved his swipes for Bill Clinton and "the elites in charge" but ignored Steve Forbes. The furthest Dole would go was in Nashua, New Hampshire, where...
...helicopter's side door had been open for all of three seconds when O'Grady tumbled across its threshold. He relinquished his 9-mm Beretta pistol to the crew and pulled on Berndt's Gore-Tex parka and a crash helmet. "I'll never forget the look on his face as he was running toward our aircraft," said Berndt. "He had this pistol in his right hand -- looking like he had been in the field trying to survive for six days, and knowing we were there to pull him out." Nobody, Berndt added somewhat incredulously, "even got off our helicopter...
Although the more well-to-do traveler will want to explore in sunny weather you'll love the rainfor the way it eliminates crowds and guaranteesbetter service(only the cool kids play in the rain). Bring your parka--the ubiquitous black umbrellas on sale at every street corner are a major rip-off; prices swell with the puddles. But careful not to wear a white T-shirt--natives tend to be a little nipple-conscious...
...Wednesday afternoon, two women in overalls walk into a little Central Square shop and ask for Joe, the on-premises body-piercer. Another woman, who appears to be one of Joe's regular customers, purchases a pair of fishnet stockings. A portly gentleman in a parka and workboots treats himself to a smashing new set of riding crops, which the cashier carefully wraps in black tissue paper...