Word: wool
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...DOTTY OLD women shuffled along, their heads bobbing slightly, their eyes a little glazed. One wore a plain black shift, the other a camel suit and wool hat. No one recognized them, but they were led to a dugout box. The two never exchanged a word, never even a glance, and that fit neatly into the legend: everyone knew that years ago Mrs. Babe Ruth and Mrs. Lou Gehrig had had a feud which split their husbands' friendship. And, the old story continued, it wasn't healed until 1939 when Ruth, in an open-necked shirt and blindingly white double...
Senator Henry Jackson, 63. Has allergies to adhesive tape, strawberries, eggs, plated gold and wool, and suffers chronic nasal stuffiness. In 1974, kidney stone removed with no complications; recovered from pneumonia in 1945 and 1951. Generally "in excellent overall health...
...accused the government of mortgaging New Zealand's future by borrowing heavily overseas (more than $1 billion since 1972). The debts have been incurred to protect the economy from recession at a time of sagging world demand for the nation's exports (principally lamb, beef, dairy products, wool, and pulp and paper products...
...discriminated against, and hence that everyone is able to make significant choices about the conduct of his life. "For what may have been the first time in history," he says, "the masses were expected to decide questions of an aesthetic nature: wing tips or sneakers? Viyella or lamb's wool? peas or lima beans? colonial or ranch? Mustang or Vega?" If the ills of our society are completely out of our control, and if we all have limitless options individually, we can all become, as Hougan wants, nobly narcissistic...
...admit it. You're an ardent, dyed-in-the-wool, never-say-die Red Sox rooter, but right at this moment, you're quite happy to see the World Series finally...