Word: tunics
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...Then there's the uniforms. At my school we wore a rather demure tunic and an ugly hat. Its singular advantage was that it looked equally unprepossessing on everyone. However, you could tell in which clique a person belonged by nuanced differences in their ensembles. A longer tunic meant you were a brain, loose socks meant you were a toughie. Here at the games all the well-meaning muddle-aged volunteers - the rough equivalent of school prefects - wear garish shirts and silly hats. As well as looking equally unprepossessing on everyone, including my rather rotund father, they too have nuances...
...border. There is no mistaking Khatami when he slips back from the front of the plane, wandering down through a cabin decorated in late-1970s style. In contrast to his entourage's rough-edged, revolutionary look, his clerical attire is soft and cheerful: a pear-colored robe, a chocolate tunic, sporty tan calf loafers. He flashes the smile that has given hope to Iranians depressed by two decades of official somberness. As he makes his way, greeting officials, bodyguards and Iranian journalists, he spots the two Americans on board. "Where are you from?" he asks, opening his arms. Could...