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Word: tweed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dressed in a white shirt, waist-hugging black jacket and black tie, Berry seems grotesquely out of place. Behind him stands The Butter, squirming self-consciously in non-conformist natty tweed, marred corduroy and blue denim...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: Chuck Berry: Old-Time Music Grows Old | 11/14/1967 | See Source »

...clothe his paste-paper gallery, Scarfe borrowed from London's elegantly In Savita shop, owned by Mrs. Meher Vakeel, who lent her own gold-and-silver-threaded theater coat for John's raiment. Ringo wears silk tweed, with jute-thread-embroidered collar and wooden prayer beads. George sports a peasant-woven, hand-washable cotton from India. Paul's jacket is made of $98-a-yard pure-gold-threaded fabric originally woven for the ceremonial robes of Tibet's Dalai Lama, who had to flee his throne before he could take delivery. The background rug, Persian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Sep. 22, 1967 | 9/22/1967 | See Source »

...political aims, but few expect him to aim lower than a Senate seat. In mocking reference to both his ambitions and his stylish mode of dress -mod-striped shirts handmade in Hong Kong, J. Press suits, occasionally even a black opera cape-Yale wits have dubbed him "Kingwad Tweed," claim that he wants to be "the first man appointed President of the U.S." Brewster describes himself as "a would-be Republican-but I can't find enough good ones to vote for." He voted for Eisenhower in 1952, favored Kennedy in 1960 and Johnson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Universities: Anxiety Behind the Facade | 6/23/1967 | See Source »

Behind Blitman, a freshman from across the street in a tweed overcoat is talking to his date...

Author: By John D. Reed, | Title: Harvard on $5 a Day | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

Blitman, surrounded by white levis and old tweed jackets, orders a Bartley's Buns 21. The price--$1.10--is steep, but, after all, this is lunch. The Buns 21 boasts two Bartley burgers, two buns, and some scattered potato chips. Accessories include a little paper cup of cole slaw--about one blue plastic forkful--and a pickle. Two pickles if you know Florence. He also orders a large coke for twenty-five cents. Five minutes later, he's done. A ten cent tip for Florence. And don't forget to get a twelve cent box of crackerjacks at the cashier...

Author: By John D. Reed, | Title: Harvard on $5 a Day | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

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