Word: silk
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...parallel would be if elegant Editor Frank Crowninshield of Vanity Fair should suddenly appear as a vegetable-eating, hairy-chested Nudist. An acknowledged leader of Parisian society, always (heretofore) impeccably dressed, great-grandson of Chevalier de Groiseillez? who was a noble governor of Flanders, Andre de Fouquieres shares with silk- stocked Berry Wall and wasp-waisted Marquis Boni de Castellane the title of Last of the Dandies...
...next four years by a 24-billion-dollar investment in factory equipment. Of this huge sum 78% is being spent on machines to make machines, only 22% on the manufacture of goods for direct consumption. Therefore Soviet stores have little goods on their shelves. Calico is as expensive as silk. Shiny new boots, seal of a Russian peasant's prosperity, are hard to find, harder...
...House it was a comfortable 70° F. The House has a modern cooling system, the Senate's is not yet installed. With electric fans out of commission. Senators puffed, perspired, languished in linens. Leader Watson, clad in a light grey suit, wearing white silk socks and blancoed shoes, mopped his head with a handkerchief and wearily remarked: "I always try to be good natured." The Senate's behavior on Farm Relief (see p. 13) reflected small, if any, credit upon the Watson leadership. Twice had he failed to stem the Debenture Plan tide in the Senate, finally...
Despite the rage of Rio, the choice of demure Lisl Goldarbeiter was enthusiastically greeted elsewhere. At the sight of the slender Viennese, trembling with emotion in her green silk bathing suit, even veteran press correspondents were affected. The mother of another contestant rhapsodized...
Like many another boxer he plays much golf. He likes cinema and has spent much time studying movies of Jack Dempsey's fights. He wears a gold wristwatch with a black silk band. In his upper jaw he carries two large adjacent gold teeth. When he speaks he gesticulates gracefully...