Or consider the widow whose husband died of cancer and who then started a business of knitting intricate scarves.
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Even herscarf(dupatta) was not properly placed.
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Yet, when a "stranger" entered this space, women fastened their scarves and comported themselves as expected by the government.
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Every detail had been carefully chosen - down to the green and pinkscarfon her tiny sun hat.
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Those with houses still standing returned to gather valuable belongings which they tied in scarves and carried on their backs.
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Suddenly, he pulled out one very long, rectangular-shapedscarf, with fringes at the end, and put it on his shoulders.
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The pictures were taken against a gray background while the women wore a grayscarfaround their necks to conceal any clothing.
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Then she lifted her hand and brushed thescarfback from her head.
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To this was added the cost of silk scarves for the captain, lieutenant, and serjeants, and the cost of their meals.
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Thescarfwas made of shiny silk.
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This action is less like one of transfer than of picking up thescarffrom its initial position on the floor and moving it to the woman's location.
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It is not just a shirt, but there are pants, socks, boots, badges, holdalls, scarves, hats— everything.
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The temperature was minus 10 degrees and pupils were sitting wrapped in coats, scarves and gloves.
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In the silk andscarf-making industries quite a lot of women do this kind of work at home.
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It is not a football stadium to which people come with scarves and rattles to support their side, come what may, right or wrong.
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