Word: brims
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rushes of the film were shown on safari, the natives rolled on the ground with laughter, regardless of the nature of the sequence. At Rhino Town, on the White Nile, Pressagent McClain came upon a tribe of natives all naked save that one of them sported a neat, snap-brim brown hat. Removing the hat, Mr. McClain was surprised to find the label: Brooks Bros.,? Madison Ave., New York. And although the film shows many a fierce jungle beast, the troupe spent six weeks at $2,000 a day trying to persuade some crocodiles to snap...
...Butt letters brim with fascinating Washington chitchat, never mean, never bitter, which brings Taft more to life than any formal biography. Examples: 1) the cow Mrs. Taft insisted on buying for the White House household; 2) the $5,000 the Tafts had saved on entering the White House and the $80,000 they had after two years; 3) "Little Charlie [the President's son] is a great bookworm and spends most of his time curled up on a sofa reading. . . . On inauguration day he took to the Senate Treasure Island - to read, he said, in case his father...
...Jamestown, N. Y., James C. Norton urged a beetle 617 times round the brim of a derby hat. Said he: "I guess I got the record...
Shortly after noon, William Fox, coat collar turned up, snap-brim hat bent down over his face, arrived to give his verdict, to choose between the new trusteeship or receivership. So momentous did he consider the occasion he let his photo be taken, for the first time in 15 years. Looking straight ahead, he hurried into the building, entered Judge Coleman's private office. The attorneys waited outside, hoping that this day would see an end to one of the greatest tangles of recent financial history. An hour and a half later the Fox answer came. Judge Coleman, alone...