Word: silks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Clad in a gold-colored silk sari, Dr. Sushila Nayar, disciple and personal physician to the late Mohandas K. Gandhi, carried the Mahatma's gospel all the way to Dallas: "If every Texan would adopt a policy of nonviolence, there would be no new problems...
...With a Silk Thread, Elsa (PickUp Girl) Shelley told of a throaty, sexy exactress married to a jealous surgeon and infatuated with a self-seeking young actor. Never did words seem more feeble or woes more protracted. Yet the play performed a miracle of sorts: after starting at rock bottom, it went steadily downhill...
...silk-gowned, straw-bonneted officials wore different buttons according to their rank-from ruby red down through worked coral, smooth coral, pale blue, dark blue, crystal, ivory and gold. But they all talked the same line. They referred to presents from the British Crown as "tribute." They insisted silkily that matters of commerce could wait. Much more important-was the British ambassador ready to kowtow...
...three mousy women adorns an ad saying, culturally, "To inform the population: The Moscow Clothing Trust sells all-readymade women's dresses of silk, wool and cotton." A woman's stocking ad cries up the virtues of "a new fiber called Kapron," presumably a Soviet nylon. "They mold the leg nicely, wash easily, keep shape and color...
...year-long era of the beaver trade came to a close (largely be cause U.S. hatmakers began using silk in stead of beaver in men's toppers), and "it closed forever," writes Author Cleland...