Word: paraphernalia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week the Constitution and the other papers won a complete victory. Georgia's Governor Herman Talmadge signed a new, even tougher bill, which banned the whole paraphernalia of hooded terror...
...Alfred, when ordered to report for a pre-induction physical, had replied with fine family spirit: "Herewith is the order and other paraphernalia I received today. I will NOT report for physical examination on Monday, nor on any other day, either." Then, after his outburst, he waited for the FBI in his dingy flat...
There are other similarities. Both books use the same framework, the setting of a task to win the hand of a lovely princess. Both have all the paraphernalia of the fairy story: witches, wizzards, fabulous jewels. Both make liberal use of poetic devices such as alliteration, and have passages of metrical or semi-metrical prose. Both are humorous...
...theater. Its lead was followed two years later by the Lakewood Theater in Skowhegan, Maine. In the 50 years of its history, the Lakewood theater has become the center of a large colony, with a fleet of boats, golf courses, tennis courts, and the rest of the usual resort paraphernalia...