Word: satin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...They now sell not only skates but also items of rolling paraphernalia like arm and knee pads priced at $5 to $15 a pair and $10 visors that light up at night for safety. Roller fashions are also in demand. Chicago Designer Roberta Jakus' "Roller Rinx" line of satin, spaghetti-strap tank tops and shorts and jackets are selling at $43 per outfit. One manufacturer is preparing a line of skates that look like cowboy boots but carry a city slicker price tag: $200. A current fashion at roller rinks is old skate keys color-plated with disco colors...
...popular hour for a wedding, but certainly the most congenial time for ballooning in the early morning breezes. After solemnly repeating their vows, Diane Baumbach, 39, a secretary, and Jerry Weiman, 33, an amusement park employee, clambered into the bridal balloon, which was decked with a rope of carnations, satin bows and dangling tin cans. Touching down an hour later, the newlyweds celebrated with champagne while onlookers recited the balloon prayer, beginning: "The winds have welcomed you with softness...
...this absurdity is the well balanced slapstick and caricatured roles. The establishment is represented by truly Establishment figures clad in uptight strait-laced uniforms of preppie pink satin and navy pin stripe, a glossy Chivas Regal wealth versus patched jeans-adolescent revolt. It's fun to watch Treat Williams traipsing across an elaborately laid banquet table, trying to maximize shattered crystal in his path. It's not to be taken seriously, and thereby doesn't offend our sophisticated Seventies cynicism...
...called krewes, parade through the streets, their brightly costumed riders scattering beads and doubloons to the crowds. Festivities build to a final burst of brilliance on Mardi Gras Day when Rex and Comus, the monarchs of Mardi Gras, reign over their lavish parades and balls in resplendent sequin-and-satin costumes...
...full-rigged eccentric, is never ruffled by his odd progeny; but their mother, a dithered creature who soon fades out of the scene, is confounded. At the age of six, for example, Benedick inquires, "What's a prostitute?" Peregrine knows: "A lady with high heels and a tight satin skirt and dyed hair." Replies Benedick: "Oh, like the housemaids. Have you noticed the new parlormaid's bosom?" Their mother demands to know what they are jabbering about. "Ladies," says Peregrine. "They call them intercourse on the news bulletins." Mrs. Corbett retaliates by marching the boys to church...