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...tottered into the improvised courtroom at Saltanatabad barracks, seven miles outside Teheran. Pallid, his bony frame trembling beneath two overcoats and a pair of wool pajamas he lurched dramatically to the defendant's bench and lay there on his side, gasping for air, his throat fluttering. He croaked feebly for Coramine (a stimulant) and sipped it from a cup, each lip movement seeming his last...
...Perhaps the most popular item in the 'Cliffe wardrobe is the wool dress. While Vassar and Wellesley appear in black satin and taffeta, the Radcliffe girl generally finds that she spends a more comfortable day in a dressy wool. This also enables her to spend it without girdle. Wools are softly flared, with long, batwing, or pushable sleeves...
...trim garnishes wool or its jersey substitute. Used for cuffs, collars or buttons, camel color with mink trim leads the field, with rabbit hair, angora and black fox following. Most of these are detachable and can be switched from outfit to outfit. Such an outfit is considered just as chic as a favorite black taffeta or velvet...
...passenger to his seat or bed room will not be affected.) FARMERS, whose estimated net 1953 income of $12.5 billion is 7% less than last year's, can expect about the same in 1954, predicted the Department of Agriculture. Prices of some farm products (beef, feed grains, wool) are expected to rise slightly, while production of most farm products will remain about at current levels. One exception: pro duction of pigs, which fell to the lowest mark in five years (84 mil lion), will probably increase from...
...contemptuously: "The others are waiting for me to sit in on a mah-jongg game in the compound . . . Try not to waste any more of my time." In Tent 7, a stocky Chinese, with Nationalist emblems sewn on his blouse, faced three Communists, sweating and fidgety in green-brown wool uniforms. This is what was said...