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Determined as the Point is not to pamper its women cadets, some special measures are being taken. Uniforms designed by Hart Schaffner & Marx will be essentially the same as those worn by men but cut somewhat differently, with a modified, narrower hat and an optional accompanying skirt (except for parade dress, when men and women alike must wear trousers and the regulation tall "tarbucket" hat). Hair must be cut short. Makeup? Yes, but in "good taste." Jewelry? A wristwatch and one ring. No earrings, no bobby pins, no hair ribbons. The women will room together in pairs-but in barracks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Long Gray Hemline | 2/9/1976 | See Source »

...often performed her astounding dances wearing nothing but a chiffon shawl. In an adjoining room, the eye-popping costumes of St. Louis-born Folies-Bergère Dancer Josephine Baker provided a contrast to Isadora's severity. One of them was a sequined fishnet leotard, another a skirt of white satin bananas. "I wasn't really naked," Josephine used to say. "I simply didn't have any clothes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 22, 1975 | 12/22/1975 | See Source »

...polka dots. Wednesday I wore a floral blouse with a melon red suit, Thursday a white blouse with a bright yellow linen suit I had purchased in London when I was working for the marihuana commission. On Friday, I wore a burgundy blouse with white polka dots, a white skirt, and a navy blue blazer...

Author: By Amy Wilentz, | Title: A Watergate Romance | 11/25/1975 | See Source »

Yale wasted no time in jumping off to a quick 1-0 lead, Eli stalwart Anne Keating bested goalie Carlene Rhodes. But the Crimson co-captain turned in the sparkling netmimding that has become her trademark. styming 19 Yale shots in her final appearance in a Crimson skirt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Stickers Tie Yale, 2-2; Gwill York Score Knots Contest | 11/24/1975 | See Source »

...begins the book, "I was fifteen when I first touched Joe DiMaggio. He doesn't remember it. I can never forget it." This is undoubtedly an accurate portrayal of his and others' sentiments, but to treat DiMaggio as a phenomenon and leave it at that is to skirt the issue...

Author: By Eric M. Breindel, | Title: The Yankee Clipper | 10/3/1975 | See Source »

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