Word: clad
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Between Manchukuo and Outer Mongolia (Russian sphere of influence) lies the vast Inner Mongolian plateau, a flat wilderness of grass ruled by hairy, fur-clad Mongol princes under the nominal overlordship of China's Nanking Government. Last month from every corner of Chahar and Suiyuan Provinces the princes of Mongolia left their herds of horses, camels and sheep to ride toward the great Lama Temple at Bathahalak, 100 mi. north of Kweihwa. In a little valley they found it, an exquisite cluster of white Manchu buildings, gold-crested pinnacles, infested by bearded monks. They set up their fur yurts...
...line, Navy filled the sky with forward passes, completed only nine out of 31, managed to score once on a Pitt bungle, 34-to-6. Spectators were astonished to find the Yale team wearing white jerseys instead of traditional blue (so they would not toss passes to the blue-clad Washington & Lee players); were less astonished to see Yale outrush its opponents 14-to-0. Princeton worked on Williams like the answer to the composite prayer of all football coaches everywhere. Nearly every play and formation, from spinners to end runs, clicked with beautiful precision for total gains...
...about dusk yesterday a battery of cameras was gathered around University Hall to snap the notables as they emerged from the inauguration ceremonies, and especially to catch President Conant. While the photographers trained their instruments on the south entrance, a slim figure clad in a felt hat and gray overcoat with collar turned up, slipped down the north steps and disappeared from the Yard in the direction of Memorial Hall. Some ten minutes later the newshawks were glibly informed by a grinning Yard cop that the president had left...
...soon as the new men have purchased their red sweaters, probably before New Hampshire comes to the Stadium, the Band will appear clad in the traditional costume, of red sweater, white ducks, and white sailor cap. After coming out of formation, the men this year will take their places in front of both stands to render novelty symphonic arrangements of football songs. More specialties, like last year's "Wintergreen For President," are promised...
...that silk could make a permanent comeback only by regaining its market, spry Gosuke Imai as president of the Japan Filatures Association decided to forget his years, to woo America in the name of silk. With seven fellow ambassadors he landed at San Francisco four weeks ago. All were clad from head to foot in silk-silk suits, silk shirts, silk shorts, silk socks, silk everything save shoes. Their chief object was to persuade U. S. males to wear suits of heavy silk, rlbbed weaves, diagonals, failles (which at present prices could be made for $40 to $50 apiece), thereby...