Word: handkerchief
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Chen said the robber, whose face was hidden by a handkerchief, then pointed the gun at him and said, “Give me all your money or I’ll shoot...
...speech, knocked their silvery blocks off ... When she finished, tough guys were melted. 'Goddam it,' said one grizzled Congressman ... Much-moved listeners probably did not stop to analyze what had pulled at their hearts. It was not the words ... It was the woman, the way she clutched her handkerchief and brought her tight hand down on the desk for emphasis, the flash in her eyes which reflected something deep in her experience. Madame Chiang and China know the meaning of endurance. Through this woman, a few Americans saw and understood China...
...eager to teach me how they worked even before I really cared to learn. His were simple in design and brilliant in economy, I have never seen anything like them. He made a humidifier for his bedroom out of a large coffee can, a handkerchief and a wooden rod. The handkerchief, dipped in the water in the bottom of the can, drew moisture up and out; placed near a vent, vapor diffused through the room. His rugged creativity sparked my initial love of science, one that remains with me today—turncoat though I am from math to social...
There is a poem by Ruth Stone entitled “Second-Hand Coat” that begins, “I feel/ in her pockets; she wore nice cotton gloves,/ kept a handkerchief box, washed her undies,/ ate at the Holiday Inn, had a basement freezer,/ belonged to a bridge club.” Thrift store clothes are loath to abandon their previous owners...
...certain uncertainty lurked beneath the chiffon-handkerchief hems of every Daisy Buchanan garden-print dress. It is not just a reflection of a shaky economy that has weakened sales and sent once high-end designers like Isaac Mizrahi to Target to hawk $25 silk shirts. Off the runway, the hand wringing was over the corporatization of fashion. Cliquey social critics complained that the mainstream thrust of fashion was diluting its cool factor. And on the runways, the demands of the shows' sponsors were making for some strange scenarios...