Word: brimmed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Holy Year pilgrims packed in the great basilica of St. Peter's, the five new cardinals heard Pius XI order from his raised throne: "Accipe galerum rubrum!" (Take the red hat!), and each had held over his head by a master of ceremonies the low-crowned, wide, curled-brim red hat of the cardinal. Brother cardinals caught them by the elbows and kissed them on both cheeks; the queerly plump Sistine choir sang; His Holiness departed; all cardinals adjourned to sing a Te Deum; the happy audience departed...
Would the Commissioner retire from Government Service? The answer seemed likely to be an emphatic affirmative ; for, when General Andrews, no admirer of Mr. Haynes, has completed his reorganization scheme (TIME, Aug. 3), the latter is sure to find his cup of humiliation filled to the brim. So thought competent observers...
Best of all were the good spirits that pervaded the entire production. Brim-full of enthusiasm, skill, and speed, the players, singers, and dancers in "Dixie to Broadway" got their stuff across to the last row; the audience was only too glad to come back with a glad hand...
...Lord Renfrew's hat created so much sensation that reporters forgot to mention the rest of his attire. It was a Panama with the brim turned down all the way around?as they are usually worn in the Isles of Britain. In every other respect it resembled other Panamas, but even this last distinction was effaced by the Belmont multitude which was seen furtively turning down Panama brims. Occasion was taken by reporters to inform the plebs that the Baron has two Panamas, one senescent and one neoteric. The new variety caused the commotion...
Robert M. LaFollette: "I was reported to be 'paralyzing Washington' by wearing a hat with a straw crown, felt brim. Said a Chicago colyumist: 'Since Bob made an animal all his own out of the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant, he's simply running wild. He'll be eating ice-cream on his ham and eggs next...