Word: trappings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...principle behind keeping a body warm is the same as that for a house: insulation. Several layers of clothing that trap pockets of air next to the body work most effectively. With that in mind, Americans are reviving traditional cold-weather wisdom. Natural fabrics are in demand again; wool, cotton and silk are most comfortable because they breathe, allowing perspiration to evaporate. No one any longer laughs at "snuggies," those sturdy thigh-length undertrousers that Grandma used to wear. Fur has begun to shed its politically uncool image (the American fur industry does not use pelts from endangered species such...
...opened the hatch and stuck his head out into the darkness. He had no way of knowing what might be waiting for him out there on the roof. It had gotten quiet; the shooting had stopped, the hammering and pounding had stopped. But it could well have been a trap. We didn't know. The only thing we had going for us was the darkness itself, and I guess the fires too. That must have been what drove the rioters away...
What infuriates the whites is that the Chippewas use gill nets, which are wide-mesh devices that also trap and kill lake trout and coho salmon. Both are among the game fish that Michigan spends $1.6 million a year to stock in its waters. Whites fear that Chippewa gill netters will clean out the trout and cohos, and destroy the state's $350 million-a-year sport-fishing industry. Myrl Keller, a state fish biologist, calls the Indians' use of the nets a "malicious, wasteful mode of fishing...
...state, which has appealed Fox's decision, wants the Indians to use cage-like trap nets, which do not kill the fish, and to return the game fish to the water...
...Indians say they cannot afford trap nets. They would require an initial investment of $20,000, about 20 times the cost of using a gill net. In the Chippewa view, the dispute is plain enough: it is between poor Indians who fish for a living and rich whites who fish for fun. Says Chippewa Elmer LeBlanc: "Our forefathers gave us the right to hunt and fish. I want it to be a livelihood...