Word: tweed
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...September 11, Tweed Center...
...with arms outstretched and hands dug into the frozen ground, lay the bleached, mummified remains of a man. It was Mallory, his body almost perfectly preserved in the thin, dry air, a safety rope around his waist, and still partly clad in remnants of his tattered cotton, wool and tweed climbing clothes, the ragged collars stitched with markings G.L. MALLORY. He had apparently tumbled wildly down the slope, tried to arrest his descent with his hands, then died shortly thereafter--"still fighting, still gripping the rock to the end," says climber Jake Norton...
...Frank Cunningham, who peers out behind wire-rimmed glasses under a traditional Irish tweed cap, the pubs of Boston offer a chance to reconnect with his heritage beyond wearing green on St. Patrick...
...students were "very preppy... wore hams tweed jackets, chino trousers and a shirt and tie,, because you couldn't get into the dining hall without a shirt and tie," he recalls...
...when Tom Wolfe first came to New York City, he bought a white silk-tweed suit to wear in the summer, and it turned out to be heavy enough to carry over into the fall and winter. Even though Wolfe is a modest, self-effacing man, he discovered that he liked being noticed for his trademark white attire, and so has continued wearing...