Word: aproned
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...Once the Duchess of Queensbury came to a Nash-managed dance wearing a white apron (contrary to the Nash rules). He untied the offending garment and flung it to a group of maids in waiting-with profound protestations of respect for Her Grace...
...with a new casting rod, a 22-inch contrivance of spring steel called a "stubcaster." Beaches were jammed everywhere-even near New York, where health authorities made grave tests for dangerous germs from open sewers. Oklahoma Citians tried something new in outdoor entertainment -square dances held on the concrete apron outside the municipal auditorium...
...dark suit spread fast. Most other Italians had only two suits themselves: one to wear to their jobs; one to putter in. "He's one of us," said a white-collar worker as Romans turned out for the Inauguration Day holiday. Added a woman in a blue apron: "He was never one to take the State's money. He saved the lira. He deserves not to pay rent for seven years...
...ring, Rocky looked rusty from his layoff. He fought clumsily but cleanly, missing with a lot of roundhouse rights. But by the fifth round, he had connected often enough to bloody his opponent's eyes, and Rocky's white trunks looked like a butcher's apron. Home, a shifty boxer, managed to last out the ten rounds. Rocky won, by a decision, and then rushed over to hug & kiss the man he had been trying to decapitate a moment before-and 5,181 fans roared approvingly...
Living-1948 (Sun. 4:35 p.m., NBC). Topic: "Momism," the problem of the U.S. apron strings...