Word: wearingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years, only 3,188 U.S. fighting men have qualified to wear the star-spangled blue silk neckband and bronze star of the nation's highest award for valor. And with each war the Med al of Honor becomes harder...
...epoxy. Should the joints come open, the epoxy serves as a back-up seal. Along Apollo's 15 miles of electrical wiring, circuit-breaker panels have been fireproofed with twelve coats of Ladicote paint, newly developed by North American. Bundles of wire, previously exposed to dangerous scuffing and wear during assembly, maintenance, tests and flight, are now encased in protective metal panels that double as fire walls. In addition, such flammables as nylon nets and plastic containers have been replaced by nonflammable or fire-resistant materials like Teflon...
...been replaced by Beta cloth-an advanced form of glass fiber produced by Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Backing up the new fabric are 14 layers of fire-resistant material. Even if they were caught in an on-board inferno, the Apollo astronauts would have several minutes of protection while wearing the new suit. Big gest problem posed by the new fiber is its susceptibility to wear. For protection, the new Apollo suits are patched with tough metallic-fiber cloth at the elbows, shoulders and back...
...Schwartz will see what sells best among buyers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago, get his stitchers busy for what he hopes will be a long run in his New York showrooms. In the $30 billion garment industry, where the life of the average women's-wear company is no more than three years, a long run means one successful season...
They run their complex on the theory that "It's a lovin' era," and it doesn't seem to do them any harm. Last weekend they began to push into the territory further up Brattle St., when they opened a shop for the woman who actually wants to wear the stuff she sees in Vogue. The new place is called Paraphanalia...