Word: adorn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ground of the great stadium below the speakers' stand sat the tattered veterans of the convention soon to be invalided home. Around them, wet by showers but undampened in spirit, sat a new bevy of New Dealers, 100,000 strong. National Chairman Farley had rallied them to adorn the Rooseveltian triumph; 200,000 tickets had been printed; Philadelphians by the thousand had been enlisted at booths where the tickets were distributed free; Boss Frank Hague of Jersey City had delivered legions of his well-drilled yeomanry. The fresh army of enthusiasts rose and roared acclaim as Franklin Roosevelt marched...
Charles Keck (U. S. S. Maine Memorial) was fashioning an 18-ft. Celtic cross to back the figure of the late Father Francis P. Duffy, famed Wartime chaplain of the 69th New York Regiment. This $15,000 job, to adorn Manhattan's Times Square, was given direct to Sculptor Keck by the Father Duffy Memorial Committee and approved by the New York Municipal Art Commission...
...three important city jobs for his friends. Rather than pay that price, Chartermen would apparently dicker with the Republicans. Meantime, Councilman Bigelow blithely observed: "Perhaps we may never get a Mayor. What's the difference? A Mayor is only a ceremonial figure, a sort of political parsley to adorn ceremonial dinners. Why shouldn't the Councilmen take turns at this sort of punishment, eating meals without money and making speeches without meaning...
...Rushing toward the detectives was a squad of sailors, carrying between them a large box. Quickly and mysteriously it was thrown aboard the train, and this time the Special pulled out for good. The President settled back in his seat knowing that his 134-lb. sailfish, which would soon adorn the Smithsonian Institution, had not missed the train...
...kinds of marble and believed to represent unidentified Arabian characters. Another treasure is the largest piece of Dresden pottery in the world. Dazzling curtains from Baghdad, authentic 18th Century French and Turkish furniture, and a display of solid silver plate bought by Sir Samuel's grandfather a century ago adorn a ménage which the Hoares find cozy...