The women make hospital gowns and the ubiquitous orange jump suits worn by Tehran's street sweepers.

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"We were concerned at the idea that many of the biggest literary prizes often appeared to overlook wonderful writing by women, " according to Kate Mosse, co-Founder and honorary director the Orange Prize.

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Super Linda is a place to watch rich men flirt with young women and buy them tasty drinks with funny names, like the Alex Comfort (rum, sloe gin, orange juice, and bitters) and Blue Skies, No Candy (tequila, gin, apricot liqueur, and Cocchi Americano).

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And out of her peeling, greenish doorways could come women in furs, or pink hair-curlers, or orange-striped socks.

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