Word: flatted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bernhard. From her crimson-upholstered armchair, she spoke clearly and melodiously: "Immeasurable," said she, "is the satisfaction of a nation that finds its liberty realized . . ." As Juliana finished, the palace carillon pealed out first the Indonesian and then the Dutch anthem, and one of her four uniformed lackeys fell flat on his face in a dead faint...
Friends of Bertie Holliday admired his taste in jewelry. It was natural enough; his business card read "Dealer in precious stones." He had a lavishly furnished flat in London and a country home on an island in the Thames at Old Windsor. Bertie rode to hounds, cruised the river in his yacht, and was a familiar figure at the nearby Ascot track. Some of the best people went to his cocktail parties...
When he left for Independence, Mo. and Christmas at home, the President had not indicated which side he took. If he should ask Congress for higher taxes, he was apt to get a flat turndown. The President was about ready to give in to congressional appeals for a reduction of wartime excise taxes, would probably agree to removal of federal taxes on such items as transportation, fur coats and jewelry.* But in return he would insist that Congress make up the loss by raising taxes elsewhere-say on corporations, which, as every Congressman knows, have no vote...
...Communist Party of Florence is flat broke. Last week, Comrade Gino Mazzoni came forth with a brand-new project designed to achieve solvency: let each farmer in the country around Florence select the most promising chick in his flock, raise it carefully until ready for marketing, and remit the proceeds to the party exchequer. While the choice Communist chick is being fattened, added Gino brightly, it might be nice to distinguish it from its leaner non-Communist brethren by tying around its neck a bright red ribbon...
...pictures' quality was not expressed in the way they were painted. E. Box used loud primary colors and plenty of sticky pigment to get a flat, lush, primitive effect. Compared with her, Grandma Moses was an old master. But Box's subject matter was something special...