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Word: chairless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...head, face, hands (one holding a cigar) and crossed legs. Postmaster General Harry Stewart New took his seat on the last chair, frowning benignly and nowhere nearly so tightly as Secretary Kellogg (whose expression was almost challenging) or the President (who had the sun in his left eye). The chairless back row looked far more happy than the front, like the carefree junior editors of a college publication who are always relegated to the back of the yearbook picture. They did not have to worry about hands, feet or the bottoms of their coats. Stalwart, silver-haired Secretary James John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Dinner for Ten | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

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