Word: suited
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...through hillbilly eyes," says Tom Wolfe, one plump pinkie gracefully arched as he fastidiously sips beer in the CRIMSON sanctum. "My grandfather fought in the Civil War for God's sake... Yes." Virginia born, he doesn't look much like a redneck in the custom made three-piece herringbone suit, in the custom-made white on white silk shirt with little diamonds, in the silk foulard and tie or side buckle shoes. Even less so when dressed for the street, another silk foulard peeping jauntily out of the breast pocket of his Chesterfield, his neck encased in a giant paisley...
...those contemplating hitch-hiking home for Thanksgiving: wear a suit, bring various signs saying you are from various colleges and a blank check made payable to the Common-wealth of Massachusetts. For reasons of safety the State Police are now going to enforce the law against hitch-hiking on the Turnpike. Maximum cost for the trip home...
Grim Situation. By 2 a.m., Eisenhower had been taken to the white frame Army hospital at nearby Fort Gordon, and was resting comfortably in Suite T4, a special five-room, cottage-like suit: that is always held vacant for him when he is in Augusta. A team of heart specialists was summoned, including Dr. Thomas Mattingly of Washington, who had treated Ike in 1955. Mattingly and Ike's son John were whisked down to Georgia in a White House JetStar...
...Buckle. Bonding has also opened new vistas for hard-to-manage materials. Mohair jackets and coats, infamous for bagging and stretching, can now be stabilized with a simple backing of cotton sheeting or tricot. Loose-weave hopsack and tweed suits no longer sag in the seat and buckle at the knee, keep their shape as well as an all-Dacron suit. Lace, once too fragile for anything but brides and banquet tables, now can be used for all-purpose coats and dresses. Women's heavy knitted suits and dresses, often made double-thick to prevent stretching and wrinkling...
...while she tried journalism, which didn't suit her. She continued to write poetry, but then "one day in the country, while I was recovering from an illness, I began to write down Mary Poppins. I have an idea that I've been writing her all my life along with my poetry, because she and the poetry refer to each other. My sister says I used to tell her stories about Mary Poppins as a child, but I deny that." She refuses to say, or perhaps doesn't know, just where the idea came from. But the books were popular...