Word: boater
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chicago's old Boss Ed Kelly was there, talking to Jersey City's debonair old Boss Frank Hague, who wore a straw boater and flourished a cane. With other Democratic National Committee members, they had gathered in Washington's Mayflower...
...epic of Edwardian chivalry-even Socialists could be sentimental about the old days. They voted Anne Whates, a dark, buxom history student at Lady Margaret Hall, the girl for whom they would most willingly jump into the river. One day last week, dressed for her part in a straw boater and a Japanese sunshade, the new Zuleika was punted downstream in a chilling rain. Of the 100 voters, only nine braved the river, but three jumped with such abandon that Zuleika beckoned for an encore. (Said she: ''My heart bleeds for those unfortunate men, but . . .") Crying "The Lady...
...Wood Jr., son of famed Speed-boater Gar Wood, had plans for a one-piece, leakproof fiberglass boat. But he does not expect to get into production till spring...
...keep pretty well in touch with the public's taste. We hope that as a result our music will be especially hep. Take that "Go Away Blues" in the first act. That's a legitimate boog tone with five lyrics: and it's a very comfortable eight boater. You watch the audience tonight. I think you'll see that they really...