Word: regalia
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...days after George W. Bush strutted across the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in full fighter-pilot regalia--an image we may see from time to time between now and Election Day--the nine Democrats running for President of the U.S. held their first debate of the 2004 campaign. No more than 10 minutes into it, two of those Democrats, John Kerry of Massachusetts and Howard Dean of Vermont, had entangled themselves in a ridiculous scuffle over the issue of gay rights. Not that they disagreed. Both are staunch advocates of equal rights and "civil unions." But Kerry believed...
Before I go out, I test the drag act on my home turf, the Dudley Co-op. I descend the stairs in my male regalia, baseball cap pulled low and a scruffy goatee and soul patch pasted on my face...
Morse said, however, that the police merely followed the lead of a witness who had seen a Black man "apparently with cook's regalia on. "He said that the student witness, an employee at the gameroom, had voluntarily opened his own knapsack for police search and that the police followed up all other leads...
...wedding ritual can be as short as an hour, unlike typical Indian matrimonial affairs that can stretch for days. Village elders preside over the nuptials. The men in attendance are usually dressed in traditional regalia: embroidered turbans and knee-length black skirts, with intricately patterned ceremonial knives?called pichekathi?tucked into their belts. Weddings are informal and gifts are not necessary. But given the firearms and knives in abundance, take care not to offend your hosts...
Hundreds of people left after the rain started, but many graduates stayed in soaked academic regalia...