Word: handkerchiefs
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...horn. It was as much a trademark as Armstrong's handkerchief. Story goes that in 1953, Dizzy returned to a recording session and found that his trumpet had been sat upon, or fallen upon, or in some way molested. It was bent into a near-perfect 45 degrees angle. He played it anyway and liked what he heard; he used to say he could hear himself better. And that was pretty much the way he was heard, too, from then...
...security guard at the door to C-entry had a handkerchief over his nose and mouth, so it must have been pretty bad over there," Marsden said...
Among the actors, Charles Weinstein stands out for his ebullient portrayal of Robert Sideway, the convicted pickpocket who dreams of Drury Lane. With his absurd Tragedian posturing--he imagines himself to be a second Garrick--and the flourishes of his beloved white handkerchief (that indispensable possession of the true gentleman), he becomes the star, not only of The Recruiting Officer, but also of Our Country's Good...
...though his natty legend would protect him once again. Overflow crowds craned for a glimpse of him; the tabloids kept up a colorful commentary, not only on the testimony about loan-sharking, extortion and murder but also on his choice of neckwear and the fluff of his pocket handkerchief. In court he made mocking gestures, blew a kiss at lead prosecutor John Gleeson and growled loudly at U.S. Attorney Andrew Maloney. At one point Judge I. Leo Glasser threatened to throw Gotti out of the courtroom...
...Seattle sound is cussed, aggressive, incisively individualistic, and it comes, like matching tie and handkerchief, with its own attitude: cut down on flash, look regular, sound loud and sound off. "People here do what they want," says Terry Date, producer of Badmotorfinger for Soundgarden, which has toured with Guns N' Roses. "There aren't a whole lot of love songs that come out of here. It's not happy music. It definitely has a dark side...