Word: belt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pacific, light cotton uniforms turned out to be unsuitable as the Army moved north into the tropical rain belt. So cotton is being replaced by wool...
...Seine is low his feet are high above the water level, but, as the river rises, it covers him bit by bit. When his feet get wet, it is bad. When his knees get wet. it is serious. When his thighs get wet, it is dangerous. When his belt gets wet, Paris begins to be flooded. In 1910 André was nearly drowned: the water was up to his neck...
...know and I know that it was not "a good fight." We know that it stank. We know that every possible chance was used by the speakers of the Republican Party to hit below the belt, to frighten the people by half-truths and pure lies. . . . What uniting is done, and the elections show that it will be done, will be in spite of the part the Republican "thinkers" have played, not because...
...Called his first post-election Cabinet meeting. As reported by ubiquitous Columnist Drew Pearson, Roosevelt said to his Cabinet: "In 30 years of political life, I have never seen such a dirty, unfair, below-the-belt campaign. During the last two weeks I got mad. And I stayed...
...double-breasted suit of midnight black is the foundation. Coat cuffs are four inches, and heavily embroidered with gold acanthus leaves. Gold buttons, gold shoulder boards, and lapels thickly laced with gold galloons provide distinguished color. For dramatic dignity, a ten-inch, ivory-sheathed dagger is worn at the belt, on the left...