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Word: velvets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...aura of gypsy encampments. That aura was heightened by an occasional waft of incense and by the presence of two girls known as Licorice and Rose (real names: Caroline McKechnie and Rose Simpson), who live, travel and perform with the band. Resplendent in beads, braid, silks and velvet, Robin and Mike wandered about, sipped tea, and spent interminable intervals tuning up. But once they started singing, they wove a trance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Folk Singers: Talismans of the Beyond | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

Brown cut velvet skirt with straps Custom fashions Imported shoes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christmas Gifts For Each and Everyone | 12/12/1968 | See Source »

...floors filled with distinctive Christmas gifts. (Above) Afghanistan velvet vest, gold chains, Tano bag, unusual sculpture, and museum replicas. Beginning December 16, open until 9 at night until Christmas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christmas Gifts For Each and Everyone | 12/12/1968 | See Source »

...fashion designer, Scott is turning his attention increasingly to men's clothes. His vibrant, eye-popping print shirts at $55 each are only a beginning-he hopes. "The Medici, who invented banking, wore glorious colors," says Scott. "So why shouldn't your banker today dress in red velvet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Hippie Gypsy | 11/29/1968 | See Source »

...seven-furlong $57,000 Vosburgh Handicap, the highest weight ever as signed by the track's handicapper in a regular stakes race. All the other horses carried 12 to 34 Ibs. less, but the Doc still turned the race into a scene from National Velvet. He broke swiftly out of the starting gate under Jockey Braulio Baeza, opened up a three-length lead in the stretch, then turned it on and charged home a full six lengths ahead of the place horse, Kissin' George...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horse Racing: The Doctor Is the Best | 11/15/1968 | See Source »

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