The leg found in the rubble was clad in a size 7 { combat boot and had an olive-drab blousing strap, used to hold fatigues over the top of the boot.
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The blousing strap did not appear characteristic of derelicts who often wear military fatigues in a slovenly manner, but does of someone like Mr . McVeigh who maintained an army style even after discharge.
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A blousing strap would not seem characteristic of the disheveled dress common to the homeless, but would be of someone like McVeigh, who, even after discharge from the Army, favored a trim military appearance.
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The report said the leg had been clad not only in a black military-style boot but also in an olive-drab blousing strap, an elastic band used in the military to tuck trousers over the top of a boot for a neat appearance.
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But there's plenty of seduction in the flowing dresses that almost hark back to the'30s : a slightly blousing look in a draped late-day cocktail dress, or tank-topped slithery gowns that look reminiscent of updated'30s star glamour.
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Under his prodding, the office of the state medical examiner conceded Monday that, after it had been announced that all victims had been accounted for, an unidentified leg and foot in a combat boot and military-style blousing strap had been found deep in the rubble.
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The " olive drab blousing strap " mentioned in the medical examiner's report is a thin elastic band commonly used in the military to " blouse " trousers by tucking the bottoms around the strap and pulling them down over the tops of high combat boots for a neat appearance.
