Word: skirting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...panic!" Bus Driver Carmen Nini opened his door, pushed out a few girls. Fighting his way through the billowing flames to the rear, he forced open the emergency doors and began shoving out others. "The heat was awful," said one girl. "I jumped to the street. My skirt was on fire. They rolled me on the grass...
...sweaters and jackets called "benchwarmers." New York's Peck & Peck said that sales from its mail-order back-to-school brochure are running 23% ahead of last year. Biggest demand is for old standbys such as polo and Chesterfield coats, but there is also a fad for kilt skirts and shaggy-dog coats. In Los Angeles the Smart Sixteen set is buying blankets for a sew-it-yourself skirt and blazer set. Most popular are clothes adorned with raccoon. Says Angela Kroll, buyer for Saks Fifth Avenue: "We can sell anything with raccoon." Best & Co. is doing...
...Denounced as "immoral" the leg-kicking and skirt-tossing can-can dance put on for him when he visited a Hollywood studio...
Advise and Consent, by Allen Drury. New York Timesman Drury's novel about politicking in Washington is sometimes as heavy as a Times thinkpiece, but it provides a dandy guessing game: Taft, Krishna Menon and Truman are recognizable, but who, for instance, is the high-positioned skirt chaser...
Advise and Consent, by Allen Drury. New York Timesman Drury's novel about politicking in Washington is sometimes as heavy as a Times thinkpiece, but it provides a dandy guessing game: Taft, Khrishna Menon and Truman are recognizable, but who, for instance, is the high-positioned skirt-chaser...