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...unattractive love affairs . . ." Vivienne goes on at some length about the love affairs. The most recent was Kurt, a West German newspaperman, who made love with West German industry and efficiency until she, with English inefficiency, got pregnant. After an abortion in Zurich she bought a Vespa, some saucy fur-lined goggles, and "a rather dashing pair of black kid motorcycling gloves," then set out to work and scooter her way down the U.S. coast to Florida...
Instead of working with butterflies, the Drs. Brower selected two insects, the bumblebee and the robber fly, that are very distantly related but look very much alike. Both are covered with light and dark fur; both have hairy legs and buzz...
While some of your venturesome Americans have recently "discovered" the shapka [Feb. 16] and associate it with Communism, we Canadians have been wearing this headgear for more than 50 years and prefer the more unattractive name of fur wedge...
...correct English translation of the Turkish word shapka is simply "hat." The Turkish word for the fur hat worn during the cold weather by men is kalpak...
...TIME was using the Russian word shapka, meaning fur...