Word: clothes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...airplane to make her 20th parachute jump. At a height of 1,500 feet she was dropped over the side, swaddled in paraphernalia. She fell swiftly all the way; the parachute did not open. When mechanics approached the limp bundle on the field, they saw ripples under the cloth, saw Bess emerge and lope off toward the hangar where she sleeps...
...tariff war an assortment of cheap imported articles to illustrate arguments on foreign cost, duty, selling price. In 1922 an elaborate display was set before the Senate when John Sharp Williams, onetime (1911-23) Senator from Mississippi, entered the chamber in an absent-minded mood. He fondled a large cloth monkey with a red tail. He wiggled a cuckoo clock so roughly that it crashed to the floor in ruins. Last week the Senate Chamber held another similar exhibition, including toy soldiers, a violin, an umbrella, a bird cage, salad bowls. Asked Senator Barkley of Kentucky: "By what authority have...
...unwholesome tales of Gauguin, the stockbroker who deserted wife and child for the allures of Tahiti; Cezanne, the vitriolic rebel of the '90s; Van Gogh, the lunatic. They had been accused of "war madness" and of corruption. But such misgivings had long been allayed. On Monk's cloth the canvases hung, beauteously framed, expensively lighted. All around stood pillars of society. Together they murmured with Sir Joseph: "Wonderful, marvellous...
...naked girl with sleek black hair against a bright halo, riding one of three large white camels beneath a great swirl of checkered cloth and amid a riotous procession of companions, awaits the inspection, through lorgnette and opera glass, of the first families of Chicago...
...generally associates Charles (Buddy) Rogers with the typical screen version of college life. Consequently one is generally cloth to spend an afternoon watching the young gentleman perform. Fortunately, however, he has been given an opportunity to display his ability in a somewhat more pleasing vehicle and the result is surprisingly gratifying. The picture in question is "Illusion" now showing at the University. It is a well-directed and effective tragi-comedy based on the present day American social system. The theme is by no means a new one, but it is attractively presented and capably acted by a good cast...