Word: wearingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Carroll, and murmured, " 'Gee, how about just one of those feathers?' I said O.K., and that started it." The boys "deplumed" her. Since the $7,000 Edith Head number "just disintegrated in the heat, mud and rain," the poor child didn't have a thing to wear coming home to Hollywood. Except, of course, some fatigues that marines donated, along with battle patches, flyers' wings, and four bright stars from General William Westmoreland, the Man of the Year...
Though she roughed it with the troops and took risks that many of them balked at, she never lost her femininity on the battlefield. "Maggie wears mud like other women wear makeup," said an admiring G.I. In fact, she used her blonde, blue-eyed charm to get the stories she wanted, a ploy that left some of her male colleagues sputtering with rage. Angriest of all was her fellow Trib reporter Homer Bigart. "Maggie is driving Homer right into a Pulitzer Prize for the best coverage of the Korean War," said another correspondent. The two drove each other; they shared...
...Atlantic Coast Line's Florida Special began its daily winter-season runs between New York and Miami, offering such unusual amenities as free champagne and dinner by candlelight. Each train has television, a telephone, and a recreation car run by an airline-style hostess who models resort wear, leads games and shows movies. The Pennsylvania Railroad last month began a low-key advertising campaign for its all-Pullman Broadway Limited between New York and Chicago, which now averages only 85 passengers per trip. Sample: "The Broadway Limited isn't a Wingjet, a Jumpjet, a Speedjet, or a Jetjet...
...books have thick paper and plastic covers to withstand rough wear and tropical rains. One shipment of 2,000 books survived two weeks in boxes under nine feet of flood water. They range from simple hygiene texts-Now let's brush our teeth...
...wear her traditional cloak because she is so well designed for it. Her old crooked streets, streets which cry out for little specialty shops and snug restaurants, leave the high-rise mobile visionaries agog. She still can't understand how they accomplished Pru, much less Government Center. Whereas nearly every other major city has a main thoroughfare, a center, which it can color and jam and point to, Boston has a small area of delicate trees and historical graves. There is never any question in a visitor's mind as to where the heart of Boston is. Bawdy Washington Street...