One Emigration follows another; grounded on reasonable fear, unreasonable hope, largely also on childish pet. The highflyers have gone first, now the lower flyers; and ever the lower will go down to the crawlers.

to try weights or measures by a standard;  to try a person's opinions

Eventually stretch fabrics revolutionized ridingwear as they did skiwear in the fifties.

The coronapocalypse has been devastating for us adults, but its impact on teenagers is arguably far greater.