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...Falls is a company town, wholly owned by the Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Its 800 citizens live in white-trimmed, barn-red houses, paying an average $125-a-month rent. They did not know what to make of an antiwar activist like Rose who dressed in red flannel shirts, green silk dotted ties and baggy, unpressed jeans. His walrus mustache, gold-rimmed glasses and long brown hair brought to mind not young Dr. Kildare but Billy Shears from the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper...
...keeping a body warm is the same as that for a house: insulation. Several layers of clothing that trap pockets of air next to the body work most effectively. With that in mind, Americans are reviving traditional cold-weather wisdom. Natural fabrics are in demand again; wool, cotton and silk are most comfortable because they breathe, allowing perspiration to evaporate. No one any longer laughs at "snuggies," those sturdy thigh-length undertrousers that Grandma used to wear. Fur has begun to shed its politically uncool image (the American fur industry does not use pelts from endangered species such as leopard...
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Clearly, in post-war Germany, survival emerges the prime consideration. Bill provides Maria an ample quantity of chocolate, silk stockings, and affection; he beseeches her to marry him. Maria playfully hedges; she is ever in control of the situation. "I am fond of you, Bill, but I love my husband," she declares solemnly, insisting upon the appellation of "Mrs. Braun...
...well as her love for the soldier Simon (Tony Poole), enduring persecution for the child's sake: her unselfishness is complete. In contrast. Michael's real mother--played in fine, shrill-voiced style by Bethany Tanner--is a petty and uncaring termagant, mostly interested in how many of her silk gowns she can salvage from the fray...