Word: shetlander
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...evening, but in these northern latitudes the sun was still above the horizon. The sea thundered against the great cliffs of Mainland, the largest of the Shetland Islands; in lonely Footabrough inlet brilliant red and purple sea urchins bobbed in the swell along the shore. Out beyond the three-mile limit rode the Ukraina and two other trawlers of a Soviet fishing fleet...
...police station in the Shetland Islands capital of Lerwick, Teayn identified himself as an Estonian, begged political asylum because "they'll kill me if you send me back." In Parliament M.P.s stormed at this first invasion of the Shetland Islands since the days of the Spanish Armada, when the survivors of a far-ranging Spanish galleon are reputed to have taught the natives the patterns that are still used today in Fair Isle sweaters. Home Secretary Richard A. ("Rab") Butler told the House of Commons that three Soviet captains had landed at Lerwick and demanded that Teayn be handed...
...three inches. Hurrying to claim his $1,000, he arrived at the station in the midst of a swarm of lawsuits from angry property owners. Apparently well content with this harvest of ill will, Don Burden moved ahead with his next gimmick: a "Lucky Phone Number" contest with genuine Shetland ponies as prizes. Crowed Burden: "I'm going to rock this market like it's never been rocked before...
...snub-nosed, mop-haired boy out of Kilgore, as Texan as pecan pie. Instead of medals, he carried a well-thumbed Bible; instead of doeskin gloves, a single dress shirt, a plastic wing collar given to him by a friend, a ratty grey Shetland sweater that often showed under his dress jacket when he took his bows...
Trying to compete with the Shetland, though not always successfully, is the heavy ski sweater in a multitude of variations. Some have that just-arrived-from-Norway look with elaborate design. Others are solid-colored, crew-necked, with only a border design for distinction...