Word: wearingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...presence of his stepmother, left him in the middle of a dance floor, smacked him on the head with a potted plant, and hidden the family supply of tea, the judge dismissed the divorce suit on the grounds that such incidents amount to "a case of ordinary wear and tear of married life...
...comfortable, carpeted room with classical music piped in. After the tasteless shot of as little as a millionth of an ounce of LSD in water, they lie down and are fitted with blinders (a "sleep shield"). To make sure that they shut out external stimuli, some also wear wax and cotton earplugs...
...first graduate of Canadian Temple Collegiate School to seek university admission, and the results are not surprising. A school in name only, Temple Collegiate (70 students) taught Marylie such weird humbug as 1) meals must never be served on blue plates because the color affects the food, 2) teachers wear beards as antennas to receive the vibrations of the universe, 3) it is useless to learn anything from books because "you can always look it up," 4) two and two make four-plus (plus being "the experience the numbers go through...
...Devil Rides Outside) on assignment for Sepia magazine, a Negro monthly (circ. 61,975) published in Fort Worth. His skin darkened by pills,* ultraviolet treatment and vegetable dye, his straight brown hair shaved to the poll, he was touring the Deep South to see how it felt to wear the black man's skin. In the current issue of Sepia, in the first of five installments. Griffin began telling what it was like...
...students' suits. Fading flannel will plummet to 21% of the junior market, a mere 14% of the undergraduate trade. Best explanation for flannel's worsting by worsted, from a buyer in New York's Old School Tie haberdashery. Brooks Brothers: worsteds weigh less, wrinkle less, wear longer-and now are being made in flannel-like finishes and colors...