Word: caps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Next morning at 7:00, whistles shrieked in the collieries of Pennsylvania. Grinning miners, with carbide lamp on cap, went down into the dark. Carefully they tapped on the roofs to make sure no rock had loosened since their last visit 170 days before. Busily they loaded fallen rock and repropped the roof where it was necessary...
...cap the climax of discord, the Rt. Hon. Edward Hilton long famed as the fiscal expert of the Liberal party, announced that he had decided to follow Sir Alfred Mond's lead (TIME, Feb 8) and resigned from the party.* On the last day of the meeting the Laborite Daily Herald exulted: "Within the last few days the disappearance from the political arena of the corpse of Liberalism has been brought much nearer. Lloyd George stands alone, without friends and without support...
...Morley ventured into the caboose and had his first-class ticket punched by "a scared-looking little conductor, whose costume started off well with a braided cap and ended rather pitifully in shabby carpet slippers." He then glimpsed "an efficient, snappy-looking officer" of Marshal Feng's army seated on a bench in a special compartment, and was called in when the officer needed a corkscrew. Thereafter they sat toping and smoking for some time, although "of course [Mr. Morley was] not unfamiliar with the tradition that the soldiers of the 'Christian General' neither smoke nor drink...
Tilden v. Borotra. Tilden's gaunt features were sharp as a woodcut. Clearly he was out to avenge Richards' defeat. "Play," called the umpire. Borotra pulled on his little "Blue Devil" cap and ran to the baseline. Then he ran to the net. Then he ran to the baseline. He was everywhere at once, returning the champion's perfect lobs, the champion's fierce drives, the champion's terrific smashes and cannonball serves with incredible accuracy and pace. The first set went to deuce, dragged on and on. The gallery smiled. Tilden knew what...
...with Sir John Manners 400 years ago, making a speech to her relatives which Diana paraphrased in 1919 after finding and nursing Captain Alfred Duff-Cooper in a Red Cross station in France: "But I love the man, and I shall have none other. I'll never wear the cap of St. Catherine, because old maids are only found in museum cases." Lady Diana made her own wedding dress "But I want to make my own dresses" and wore a veil worn by six generations of Rutland brides...