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...would often swim in the muddy gravel pits near the dingy, Thames-side town of Wraysbury. Envious of her looks, her girl friends called her the "Goddess of the Gravel Pits." "I remember Christine stepping from the water," says one childhood chum. "Her homemade bikini of yellow jersey wool clung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Goddess of the Gravel Pits | 6/28/1963 | See Source »

...tend toward an undergraduate uniform, but nowhere is it more widely and carefully adopted than Smith. The well-groomed Smithie is moderate in dress, neither ostentatious nor sloppy; she looks classically well-scrubbed and cheerful in her Pepsodent smile, Pringle sweater, Ship-n'. Shore blouse, and pleated plaid skin. Wool knee socks and brown Bass Weejuns complete the basic picture...

Author: By J.michael Crichton, | Title: Smith College: The Middle Way | 3/26/1963 | See Source »

...bitterness, the old man wrests a kind of gallows humor from his life. Noting a hole in his wool sweater, he mutters: "So have a good meal, moths. Soon I'll be dead. You'll have the whole sweater to yourselves. And my suit, too. Not that I think it's worth eating. But then I wouldn't know. I'm not a moth." A reader is torn between exasperation and pity. It is a measure of Fruchter's skill that he can make the old man so grotesque and at the same time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Diary of Pains | 3/1/1963 | See Source »

...dacron and wool gabardine suit is something to dream about in transitional wear. The traditionally styled three-button model ($85) is wrinkle resistant and perfect for travel as well as for hot sticky days. It comes in natural and dark olive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Clothes Horse | 2/27/1963 | See Source »

...women's wear, Brine's has a sizeable collection of conventionally styled wool sweaters, skirts and slacks from well-known manufacturers. Machine washable wool cardigan sweaters are irresistible at $6. Warm, lined boots (including U.S. Rubber's "Eskiloos") are still available in popular sizes. And last summer's sportswear is now on sale at half price...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Clothes Horse | 2/27/1963 | See Source »

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