Word: toe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...right down to the ankle, though the definitive summer version is apt to be cotton, plain-necked, sleeveless, and fairly short of skirt, with side slits topped by tiny bows. Priced from $2.98 to about $50.00 the shift can go practically anywhere on practically anyone. It is fine for toe-testing at the ocean's edge, or to cover up wet bathing suits for drinks on the clubhouse verandah (après beach, nothing picks one up like a good belt). It is also socially acceptable for cocktails and dinner at the most exclusive playgrounds in the East...
...infantry and some doomed artillery and the whole force of the rebel army . . . We were not to attack but to be attacked . . . The ground upon which we were driven to accept battle was wonderfully favorable to us . . .It was in form an elongated and somewhat sharpened horseshoe, with the toe to Gettysburgh and the heel to the south. "Lee's plan of battle was simple. He massed his troops upon the east side of this shoe position and thundered on it obstinately to break it ... Unflinching courage and complete discipline of the army of the Potomac repelled the attack...
...monsoon downpour rained on the Plain of Jars last week-and so did a barrage of Communist Pathet Lao artillery and mortar shells. In an effort to consolidate last month's ground gains on the Plain, the Reds began pinpoint artillery attacks on the last remaining Neutralist toe holds on the plateau, as well as on the headquarters of Neutralist Army Leader General Kong Le at Muong Phan, just west of the Plain. Typically, the Reds blamed the U.S. for the resumption of hostilities, said that "the Americans have given orders to the reactionaries of Kong Le to attack...
Britain's hardworking, high-living Charles Clore, 58, has built an empire since 1953 out of ships, manufacturing, real estate and shoes. But the cockney-born, self-made Midas turns out to have an Achilles' heel-or toe. Last week, announcing a 4% profit drop in 1962 for his huge, seven-company British Shoe Corp., Clore blamed the loss partly on what he called "the square-toe debacle...
British Shoe, said Clore, had followed what appeared to be a trend away from the pointed-toe, stiletto-heel shoe toward the lower heel and square tip that became briefly popular in the U.S. and on the Continent. But in England hardly anybody bought them, and stiff-uppered British Shoe was left with an inventory estimated to be as high as 200,000 pairs. Clore blamed the loss on British fashion writers, charged them with marching into the square toe at the head of a nonexistent army...