Word: raincoat
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Among these things were: venturing to the Square in slacks or Bermuda shorts without wearing a concealing raincoat, entering the sacred masculine halls of Lamont, or holding office in any of the Harvard student organizations...
Armin, 72, and Leah, 67, are refugees from Hungary. When World War II broke out, he was running a raincoat factory and she was preparing to study chemistry. He was eventually shipped off to a labor camp, while she lived in Budapest in hiding. In 1949 they arrived in a transit camp east of Tel Aviv with two small daughters and $100. At first the Gottliebs tried to resume their trade, but they soon discovered that selling raincoats in dry, sunny Israel did not have much future. With $65,000 borrowed from Armin's brother in the U.S., the Gottliebs...
...book by Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet-American Relations, the wily Dobrynin engaged U.S. reporters in some cheerful but newsworthy badinage. "You have introduced something new in the history of Soviet-American relations, the umbrella," he said. "What is it?" Then, referring to the British term for raincoat, he joked, "A mackintosh we can understand, but this must be studied...
...closing ceremony was attended by General William C. Westmoreland, the former Viet Nam theater commander, and President Reagan. Wearing a raincoat and speaking in a subdued tone, Reagan, who had angered vets by not attending the wall's dedication two years ago, called those who had served in Viet Nam true patriots. "I believe that in the decade since Viet Nam the healing has begun," said the President, "and I hope that before my days as Commander in Chief are over the process of healing will be complete...
Vinnie has better luck. Despite a preference for slim, elegant men, she be friends a retired engineer from Tulsa who tours London in Western boots, broad brim hat and plastic raincoat. The cow boy and the kiddie-lit professor make an odd couple, but they have much to offer each other. She helps him research his ancestry; he proves to be an intelligent observer and, in due course, a sensitive lover...