Word: brasses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...least one of the arrested men, Paul Wilson, possessed membership cards in both of these organizations. In Wilson's home officials also found four rifles, a pistol, thousands of rounds of ammunition, eight clubs, a blackjack, brass knuckles, a deputy sheriff's badge, and a black leatherette hood
...foot." O'Faolain's father was "absolutely loyal to the Empire, as only a born hero-worshiper can be," and after Sunday services Sean would accompany him to the British army barracks on Wellington Road to watch the regiment parade and "when the drums rolled and the brass shook the air, I could hear the saber clash, the hoofbeats, the rifle fire of The Dash for Khartoum, With Kitchener in the Soudan. My father would nod at us sagely and proudly. We belonged...
...house and functional apartment, the most cherished object is an old store sign or a circus poster, a shaving mug, a spinning wheel or an ornate mailbox, a collection of cast-iron toys or a bridal bouquet under glass. Many once worthless objects, such as Victorian dolls and samplers, brass coal scuttles and decorated washbasins, are greeted with glad, excited cries of discovery. A cigar-store Indian in good condition-if you can find one-fetches up to $1,500 today...
Manhattan is riddled with cute shoplets run by cute young men who know just how to turn Grandmother's laundry hamper into the most amusing planter for the living room. Real brass bedsteads might as well be made of solid gold, and signed Tiffany lamps, which sold for $100-$150 ten years ago, now cost...
...R.A.F. is no better. On Gibraltar, "only part of one squadron was operational, yet the R.A.F. personnel numbered about 1,200." In Singapore, the R.A.F. maintains a full brass band, at a cost of ?85,000 a year. Wrote the Daily Mirror when it found out: "We all know that showing the flag and the mighty oompah, oompah, oompah of the military brass band is a jolly good thing. But who thinks a pile of brass is really worth...