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Word: woolens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Thick woolen varsity sweaters will abound, says Howard S. Reed '49. President of the Harvard Club of Alaska Alumni there he adds are making up for their isolated location by having five programs and other Game souvenirs flown to them by Federal Express in time for the broadcast...

Author: By Robert M. Neer, | Title: The old boy network | 11/16/1983 | See Source »

...announced that the executive committee of the Congress had adopted unanimously his draft Declaration of Independence and would put it to vote after suitable debate. As the debate began, the weather turned bitter cold. Mr. Gandhi drew a piece of cloth over his shoulders and sat quiet, knitting something woolen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News 1930: India: Declaration of Independence | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

Camels with tinkling bells no longer shuffle through; nor do mules with their red tufts; nor shepherds with their flocks. Yanan is now a small north Chinatown, its main street traffic controlled by two stop lights. It boasts cigarette factories, woolen mills, an opera house, a modern hotel. Only the yellow Song pagoda marks the village where history once happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: YANAN: CRADLE OF THE REVOLUTION | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

...carpets in the 1850s and Army blankets during two World Wars. But today the sturdy, old facade houses an entirely different enterprise. The noisy machines and grease-stained factory floor have given way to offices where engineers huddle over glowing oscilloscopes and secretaries peck quietly at word processors. The woolen mill has been reborn as the headquarters of the Digital Equipment Corp., the second largest computer manufacturer in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Economy | 5/30/1983 | See Source »

...Inauguration, Reagan will be the first President since J.F.K. to wear formal morning attire. The selection, made by Reagan himself: an Italian-style black jacket of barathea cloth and striped gray woolen trousers with a three-button dove-gray vest, an outfit for which Reagan's Beverly Hills tailor, Frank Mariani, will charge him $1,250. Average rental price of a similar suit for Washington dignitaries: $42. The new President has no head for toppers. Nancy has a new mink in the closet, but may forgo it in favor of a Republican cloth coat. The Reagans' attire will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: American Pie at Its Best | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

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