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...prefer to shrug off the whole problem can fall back on scarves--either silk or nylon squares or heavy wool plaid mufflers; leather belts, or gold and silver evening belts; or a ski socks-and-mittens set, or fur earmuffs...
When reporters asked her to identify the brown fur coat she wore over an ankle-length, brown Chinese gown she spelled it out: "N-u-t-r-i-a." Then, with a glance at Mrs. Marshall's smart mink, she said, "It's an old fur coat, and it's out of style, but it's warm." When the two ladies were seated to be photographed, she smiled at Mrs. Marshall and asked, "Are we supposed to look at each other lovingly...
When a brash minority objected to a C.I.O. endorsement of the Marshall Plan, Murray let fly at them. The dissenters included James Durkin, boss of the office workers' union, Donald Henderson, boss of the tobacco workers, and Abe Feinglass, an officer of the fur workers. "I do not say that everyone who is opposed to the Marshall Plan is a Communist," said Murray, "but I do say that every Communist is opposed to the Marshall Plan...
Early one morning last week, Sta-vroula's body was discovered in a courtyard three floors below a prison window. To squeeze through the tiny window on her way to death, Stavroula had had to remove her costly fur coat and Paris dress...
Without his expensive extras, man is a bare-skinned tropical animal. Unlike the mink, he has no fur coat of his own; unlike the robin, he cannot fly south under his own power. If he insists on living in cold countries, he must create small areas of artificial tropics and stay in them most of the winter. He calls these refuges "buildings," and he is forever trying to make them more comfortable...