Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Highlighting the win were outstanding individual performances by Aggrey Awori, Captain Art Croasdale, and sophomore high jumper Chuck Njoku. Awori won the broad jump, hurdles, and dash to stretch his season victory total to nine...
...that don't quit at the garter (those that do, tame enough when standing, reveal flashes of thigh beneath the new short skirts that make sitting down as much a pleasure for male onlookers as it is a comfort for their girls). Mary Grey has textured tights in stretch nylon, Beautiful Bryans in nanny-white lace, and Kayser-Roth promises some misty spring numbers abloom with flowers from tippytoe to waist. The ultimate extension, of course, is the jumpsuit; Capezio has one in white ribbed stretch nylon ($33), Bewitching in sheer black lace ($15). First meant to be worn...
...Church of England's canon law decrees that babies should be christened within a fortnight of birth. Parents are prone to stretch the deadline a bit, but now the whole practice is under fire. Three vicars have resigned from the Church of England, announcing that they no longer believe in infant baptism. Three others, with covert support from dozens of Low Church vicars, have informed their bishops that they will baptize only believing adults...
...wallet was the fact that 75% of all department-store purchases were made by women. Indulging whimsy and impulse, they bought tens of millions of pairs of lacy, textured stockings (see MODERN LIVING) to wear in millions of fashionable high boots. They bought family pool tables, maternity stretch pants, gold-plated bathroom fixtures and electric sheet and mattress covers (for those who already have electric blankets...
...Crimson should win this one with ease to stretch its season's record to 3-0. The team's only casualties are pole vaulter Ken Winters, sidelined with a groin injury, and Coach McCurdy, who will spend the weekend in Chicago to keep an eye on the NCAA convention...