Word: towelled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Only an aquiline nose and a pair of scuffy cheeks peeked out from behind the purdah of colored glasses, gray muffler, and hotel towel anchored Arab-style by a pillbox chapeau. But the imperious stare, the twitching extremities and the spindly silhouette of Bob Dylan, 32, belied the Bedouin disguise. The erstwhile revolutionary folkie, rock-'n 'roll innovator and countrified cop-out was back after an eight-year absence from concert touring. Perched atop a hotel couch in Philadelphia (the second of 21 cities in his current six-week tour), Dylan was solidly re-ensconced as the reigning...
...self-doubt, runs a guantlet of self-vivisection, and clutches at the coat lapels of her man, for self-definition. Fear of flying wins out every time. She should start a halfway house for feminists. Wait, no, she shouldn't. The book is too much of a wet towel, all wringing of hands and unchecked impulses...
...throwing in the towel," protested Raymond Kroc, 71, the franchise mastermind who created the McDonald's hamburger empire. "But Fred," he added, "is like a son who grows up and is ready to take over." His reference was to Frederick Turner, 40, who last week was named chief executive of McDonald's, succeeding Kroc, who remains chairman...
...Brookfield the girls/women have perfected an all-in-one showering-dressing motion. This complex dance with towel involves getting undressed and into gymsuits, then dressed again without baring any excess anatomy. It is a socially sanctioned maneuver. One is expected to learn it, and put it into practice...
...remember it," she said. "Hiding behind the shower curtain and all that. "I think this is much healthier," she said. "I'm not embarrassed at all." She threw the towel over her shoulder and walked a few steps away, then turned. "I do wish they'd get a bigger pool, though. I do not like rubbing bodies while I'm trying to swim laps...