Word: wearingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reintroduced the beauty of semiprecious stones, particularly the shimmering opal, and outdid one another with bizarre settings. In place of the perfect jewel, the flawed gem was exploited, the odd-shaped pearl stressed for its singularity and enamels and glass were often preferred to gold. It took courage to wear these creations; it took, in fact, a new kind of woman. The intrepid Sarah Bernhardt, with her loose-flowing hair and cameo beauty, filled the bill...
Rush did not remember the incident but remarked, "I wear other shirts, too. Besides, workshirts last a long time and only cost $2.89 at Central Square Army Surplus...
Evidence of war readiness abounds: barbed wire festoons the pink and yellow fronts of government office buildings; militiamen stalk the streets with fixed bayonets and grenades at their belts; as part of the effort to deceive U.S. pilots, bicycle handlebars and wheel rims are painted camouflage green, and farmers wear banana branches in their hats. Even pigs on the way to market are artfully shrouded in leaf-bedecked nets. Reportedly, more than 300,000 women and children have been evacuated from Hanoi in preparation for aerial attack, but after seeing the bombed-out bridges downcountry, many have filtered back into...
Listen to some of the more in spired lines. Pinky to Tom: "You young people don't care what clothes you wear just so long as they're tight--you all look like sexy rejects from a poor farm," (absolutely the best line). Teena to Tom: "My psychoanalyst happens to be a great man and I won't have you hinting that your psychoanalyst is better than mine!" Mrs. Bigelow to Razz (watch the clever undercutting in this one): "I've never known a Negro before--socially that is--of course I'm not at all prejudiced...
...human hands. Social Psychology Professor Fred Strodtbeck of the University of Chicago explains: "The people who go into domestic service dislike having to deal with the middle-class housewife as a person and being subject to her directions. They prefer to work not singly but in teams, to wear a uniform which helps define their on-the-job role, and to have an office through which the work is scheduled. Within the sphere of house cleaning, say, such a team would thus feel superior to the woman who hires them, no longer fearful of being put down by a housewife...