Word: satin
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...ring doctor examined Fullmer's cuts between rounds, seemed about to stop the fight; when the champion protested, the doctor shrugged and climbed out of the ring. At the end, Fullmer's eyes were puffed almost shut, his face was covered with cuts, and his white satin trunks were smeared with blood...
...Galahad. Wham! Whomp! Thunk! Glunk! The Kid in the white satin trunks with the shamrock-green piping is down. The ringside crowd is up and roaring. "Sev-hin, A-yut, Nigh-yen"-the Kid's up again. He's bleeding at the mouth. How much more of this grueling punishment can the Kid take? Well, say another 15 or 20 solid punches right in the kisser. But don't sell the Kid short. He has a heart of gold and a head of lead. When his eyes begin to look like two fried eggs...
...grown-up boy who has ever talked with the other fellas in the locker room has heard tales about B-girls-those satin cheats whose barstool love costs a fortune in fake champagne and broken promises. But last week the Senate's Permanent Investigations Subcommittee began a sober study: "What do you mean by 'B-drinking'?" asked pious Chairman John McClellan. In four days of outraged testimony, he learned the whole old story...
...business. Since 1958, he has imported five companies,† toasted the dancers with champagne and caviar at hotel rooftop parties, and sent them off to the vast American steppes to spread cheer and make money. Last week a shy girl in a flowered robe and korsetki (a kind of satin juniper) stepped to the footlights at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera house and uttered the words "Miz Ukraini" (We are from the Ukraine). Sol had brought...
...they dined on caviar - freshly flown from the Caspian Sea - and pheasant à la périgourdme, the Kennedys and their hosts looked out on a rain-washed courtyard where Persian fountains played. And once more, the ladies were the radiant center of attraction - Jackie, in a strapless pink satin Dior gown, looked more like a Persian princess than the Empress Farah, in an orange chiffon sheath and her fabulous tiara and jeweled accessories...