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Word: clad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cinema worshippers of the house are in a dither of chaotic delight, but Miss Arden is theatrically upset at the boring interlude until she perceives the physical advantages of Bud, the upright and mechanically inclined Adonis. Bud is properly affianced to his loving, apron clad Joyce, but the blonde screen hussy finds his weak point--an invention which will certainly revolutionize the film industry. Dexterous use of this leverage plus a hearty manipulation of her Westian contours puts Miss Arden on the way to success, and the barn. Just as Bud seems on the verge of losing something more valuable...

Author: By S. M. B., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 3/12/1936 | See Source »

...mile relay, the Blue clad runners won a log on the Frank O'Brien trophy when they trimmed Harvard in the first heat and went on to cross the line in front of Cornell. Dartmouth later boat the Crimson quartet to gain third place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACKMEN VICTORIOUS AS MILT GREEN STARS | 3/2/1936 | See Source »

Black Bart was the name assumed by Charles E. Boles. Clad in a linen duster, with a flour sack over his head, he held up 28 stages, never shot anyone. At each holdup, he would leave a suitable stanza of not badly turned verse. Once he signed himself "The PO8" Before his final capture, he reached a reward value of $18,000 "dead or alive." When he got out of jail, Wells Fargo paid him $125 a month not to rob them any more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Wells Fargo | 3/2/1936 | See Source »

...friend Edward as King. Proclaiming is accomplished by the numerous Kings of Arms, the Heralds and the Pursuivants, appointments to these coveted offices being under control of the Duke of Norfolk. Last week precisely at 10 a. m. in colorful and resplendent uniforms, there stepped out upon the ivy-clad and scarlet-draped main balcony of St. James's Palace the young Duke as Earl Marshal, the Garter King of Arms, the Norroy King of Arms and the Clarenceux King of Arms; the four Pursuivants, namely Bluemantle, Portcullis, Rouge Croix and Rouge Dragon; the Herald of York, the Herald...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Liege-Lord | 2/3/1936 | See Source »

Professor Baxter, who is Master of Adams House got his A.M. degree from Harvard in 1923 and a Ph.D. in 1926. Recently he has had a book of his translated into French entitled "The Introduction of Iron Clad Warships...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J. P. BAXTER WILL GO TO ENGLAND TO GIVE THREE TALKS | 12/18/1935 | See Source »

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