Word: skin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reason for the Eskimo's comfort in below-zero weather is that his clothes are not built on the European principle of insulating the body with many layers of cloth fitting close to the skin. Eskimo clothes are designed to capture and hold warm air. The loose fur trousers fit snugly over the boots. No cold air can rise up the legs to replace air that has been warmed by the body. Over the trousers the Eskimo wears a windtight fur parka with the skin side outside and no opening in front. It has a hood and it fits...
Peaceful Coexistence. In Point Lonsdale, Victoria, addressing the third annual convention of the Skin Divers' and Spear-fishermen's Association of Australia, Delegate Dick Charles happily reported that "bad blood between spearfishermen and anglers in New South Wales is dying out; no longer do they brawl and flatten each other with oars...
...then invite the world to retaliate. Senator Givhan's statements against the Negroes can and should be taken as an insult to the virtue of the white women of the South . . . When are the gallant Southern gentlemen going to learn that the color of the skin is no criteria of the purity of the heart? Isn't it about time that this misguided section of the country quit dragging its feet and pay more than mere lip service to the ideals of our Constitution...
...Angeles supersalesman of a smaller brand, "but will you have enough money left over to buy a new garage to fit it?" Some people cut sections out of their garage walls, let bumpers protrude. Complained a Chicago motorist: "My garage fits so close, it's like the skin on a grape...
...large females of certain deep-sea species dangle flashing lights to attract edible victims. The eyes of the much smaller male are sensitive to this flashing code, but instinct warns him away from his loved one's tooth-studded jaws. Instead, he attaches himself to her skin, and they become literally as one flesh. Her blood feeds him intravenously for the rest of their wedded life...