Word: plain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crushability. Among them: Haymaker's flowery separates in a drip-dry warp knit, $29.95 each; and countless, nameless nylon shifts, $10 and up. The knits follow closely on Pucci's stretchy heels: Kimberly's wool dresses with jackets ($59.95), three-piece suits ($59.95 and $69.95) and plain dresses ($49.95 and $59.95), all in solid, placid colors with an occasional border contrast, are also relatively light and packable...
...instead, they refer to God in the Biblical language of faith. But they recognize at the same time "that these Biblical concepts and statements cannot be taken literally as if they were pure history and science. They are symbols and their meaning lies deeper." The result is that "the plain man is bewildered and does not know what to believe, for the theologian has said nothing about God that he can claim, in plain, ordinary language, is true and that presents him as a Being worthy of worship...
...pubs and Welsh mums wiped away a happy tear, the man of the hour was Tony Armstrong-Jones, the onetime bohemian and free-lancing photographer, who until only recently has had his critics. Once the bloom was off the groom, Britain's royalty-revering public made it plain that it was watching ex-Playboy Tony with a tolerant but suspicious eye, intent on making sure he did right by their Meg. Trouble was, there was little publicly that he could do. Royal protocol made working for a living unthinkable, and Tony had no wealth of his own, so Parliament...
...Duke University, in North Carolina, Dr. Walter Kempner, who pioneered the rigorous low-sodium regimen (as part of his famous "rice diet"), has laid down the accepted rule: "If the sodium concentration of the plain water available is greater than 20 p.p.m., distilled water should be used." Many of his patients are put on bottled water when they go home. But the brand has to be specified: some bottled spring waters are laced with salts not mentioned on the label...
...With admirable Yankee practicality, one Rhode Island dealer advertises: "For those who wouldn't like to be caught dead in a plush-lined coffin," a mail-order traditional plain wooden box with strong rope handles, at $120. "Cover it with cushions, and it can double as a storage chest and low seat until needed for its ultimate purpose...