Word: braiding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...deeper furrows of cynicism. Even in his guerrilla days, Tito insisted on daily shaves and neat dress. Now, as Yugoslavia's first marshal, he gleefully indulges his fancy for uniforms (his latest number: dress blues with four-inch red trouser stripes, gleaming ebony boots, visored cap with gold braid and a red star, immaculate white doeskin gloves). But sometimes his public relations men ask him to pose in civilian clothes to seem closer to the masses. After long indecision, Tito finally chose his marshal's insignia (made of felt): a star wreathed in gold laurel. It was designed...
Bess Truman had grown used to the lurking Secret Service men, the brass and braid and cutaways and gowns, the flashbulbs, limousines, interviews and stares. Benefits, teas, parties, receptions, christenings, and the daily quick changes from short skirts to long were now routine. She was booked solid through April, and looking forward...
...five cardinals-designate had been outfitted in hand-me-downs. Because Vatican tailors, faced with Italy's shortage of silks and gold braid, could outfit only twelve of the 32 new cardinals completely the American archbishops and Bishop Tien drew on the wardrobes of the late Cardinals Mundelein, O'Connell anc Hayes. But the Pope would provide the red hats-a personal gift-as well as the topaz rings that are the badge of office...
...only advantages of regimentation . . . are in the offices of the gold braid. . . . Ask an enlisted WAVE who has a college degree from Wellesley what she thinks...
...Gold braid has seen a dirty room