Word: clad
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Clad in royal purple and flinging, if reports may be trusted, a mean forward pass, the Crusaders of Holy Cross will invade the Stadium today to resume hostilities with the Crimson eleven. The whistle will send the rivals against each other at 2.30 o'clock...
...Baden. Baron von Maltzan was therefore sent to Amerongen Castle to secure the Kaiser's formal abdication as German Emperor and King of Prussia. For three days the Kaiser refused to see the Baron. Finally, as von Maltzan was about to depart, he encountered the All Highest, clad in the field grey uniform of a marshal, in a corridor of the castle. Said the Kaiser, insult ingly: "You too belong to the rascals of the Foreign Office who cheated and lied to me throughout my reign." Replied Baron von Maltzan: "I beg pardon...
...Clad in his marshal's uniform, with the baton of his rank in his left hand, the aged Hindenburg, almost 80, passed through the cheering throng, stopping now and then to say a few words to a former comrade-in-arms. He is grim, cool, calm, yet genial enough on occasion. Germans recall a story about their President that exemplifies his peculiar wit: One of his old friends is alleged to have asked...
Upon a litter lay Empress Nagako. Erect and stern, Emperor Hirohito surveyed the scene before him. To one side court bards chanted a portion of the classics in a low tone. The great of the Empire surrounded the Imperial group. In it was Premier Güchi Tanaka, clad immaculately in Occidental formal attire. Hands placed together, he prayed, standing, eyes wide open, before a flag-adorned shrine...
Inside the Senate, where Senators and Deputies were assembled, representatives of the nations accredited to Mexico crowded the Diplomatic Gallery, attired in gorgeous uniforms of many hues, their breasts sparkling with orders and decorations. Remarked was their contrast with the sombrely dressed legislators, who appeared before their Chief Executive clad in simple evening clothes and uncomfortable stiff white shirts...