Word: baring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...launched such an excellent exposure of the armaments racket (which exposure, by the way, I think should be reprinted and broadcast over the country), also bring into broad daylight the men and methods directly responsible for the Legion's highly organized raiding of the Treasury, and so bare another national evil? You would be performing a real service-providing you too were not intimidated by the certain threats of canceled veteran subscriptions...
Meantime diplomats were buzzing in Washington, in Athens and in Ankara on the bare uplands of Asia Minor. U. S. Ambassador Skinner was pressing a request that the Turks arrest Mr. Insull under Article IX of the Turkish penal code permitting the detention of foreigners accused in their countries of crimes not of a political or military nature. A cablegram was delivered from Greek Foreign Minister Maximos protesting the detention of the Maiotis. Turkish Foreign Minister Tewfik Bey and confrères considered: Should they oblige the U. S. or should they offend Greece? It was not a difficult question...
...Byrd Field, Va. six enlisted Air Corps men shivered in a drafty hangar, cooked their meals over an outdoor fire, slept on bare mattresses...
Sweltering in cassock, alb, chasuble and stole, Father Guerrera looked down at his flock. His eye fell on a cool expanse of bare shoulder and open bosom. "Elida." he roared, "go home and take off that dress...
...British Industries Fair in London last week followed a distinguished party of visitors at a discreet distance. Hat in hand, bulky Lord Derby led the way. Behind him came the Duchess of York. A fashion show was in progress. Well knowing Queen Mary's aversion to bare legs on tennis courts, one manikin in flannel shorts and grasping a racket trembled and turned very red. The Duchess of York saved the day. "I think they are very practical," said she to Lord Derby...