Word: tweeds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about it, or at least to make excuses for it. Almost every university faculty in the West has members who call themselves Marxists; in contrast to a couple of decades ago, it is now generally safe and chic to wear the label like a blue work shirt under a tweed jacket. Many defend their faith by arguing that, as Chesterton said of Christianity, real Marxism has not failed because it has never been tried...
...keep the guns charged, can cost about $25,000 a week. Even a week's stay at a modest inn costs more than $4,000. Then there is the required costume: "plus twos" (knickerbockers), heavy woolen socks, cleated gum boots, a Husky weatherproofed coat and a snug tweed cap. The sportsman also needs evening clothes and funds for the native libation. And the gun must have his guns, preferably a pair of 12-gauge double-barreled sidelock ejectors from London's Purdey James & Sons or Holland & Holland. A shotgun costs as much as $22,500; gunsmiths report waiting...
...maximum-security cell on the tenth floor. The prisoner, clad in a jumpsuit and in need of a shave, greeted Schwartz, and the two began conferring in private. During their talk, the guards changed shifts; shortly thereafter, the new guards watched a clean-shaven man in a gray tweed suit sign out-"Michael Schwartz"-and stroll out of the prison and into thin...
...square-dancing party one warm summer evening in Berlin, Harvey was perspiring profusely under a heavy tweed sports jacket but rejected all suggestions that he take it off. 'Can't,' he growled, flipping open the jacket to reveal a pearl-handled revolver strapped under each sweaty armpit. Why not check the guns at the door? 'Can't,' Harvey growled again. 'When you need 'em, you need 'em in a hurry...
...with the baggy jeans, the chinoiserie, the gypsy queen regalia. In with the snappy blue blazers and tweed hacking jackets, button-down Oxford-cloth shirts and Shetland sweaters, khaki slacks and tartan skirts. This summer and fall, the fashion-conscious woman will be wearing exactly what the fashion-unconscious woman has been wearing for decades. It is currently labeled the Preppie Look, though the style has also been known as Ivy League, Town and Country, Brooks Brothers or-in England -County. Mother would approve...