Word: sealskinned
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...along the lower Yukon, Eskimos in sealskin mukluks last week mushed their snarling dog teams to a place called Alakanuk-which means, in Eskimo, "It's a mistake."* They came to tell their political problems to a priest, for the Rev. Segundo Llorente, S.J., has just been elected to Alaska's state legislature, the first Roman Catholic priest to hold elected legislative office in a U.S. state...
...Daffodils. To Alaskan oldtimers, even the weather had augured well for statehood. Not since 1912, when Alaska first became an organized territory and won its first real, if tiny, measure of home rule, had the winter been so mild and the breakup so early. Parkas, mukluks, beaver caps and sealskin coats were thankfully stored away. The ice was gone from the Yukon River, and from the Porcupine, the Koyukuk and the Selawick. Out to Woodchopper, to Steel Creek, Poorman and a hundred other placer gold camps, packed the glint-eyed prospectors in search of a glint in the sand...
...away. Composed of Du Pont's Orion, Union Carbide's Dynel and other synthetics, the phony mink gets its effect by combining both long and short hairs to imitate real mink, will come in several shades. Joining the company's synthetic beaver ("Cloud No. 9") and sealskin ("Kissing Cousin"), a coat will cost less than...
...active, many-sided life, ordered amid the helter-skelter. Choosing the scholar's monastic life, he has in his erratic, diverse way filled an essentially lonely pattern with lifelong friendships and warmth. For his active sense of humor extends beyond Little Audrey and limericks; it takes in his sealskin hat, his omnipresent umbrella, indeed, Arthur Darby Nock himself...
Slim but gentle is the order of the day in the city. A smooth jacket, buttoned short of the waist, and giving a pleasant high-waisted look. Wool complimented with sealskin and just plain tweed are busy above and underground--the murmur of the city is the murmur of slenderness and simplicity. Coats are short...