Word: clad
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hirohito's grandfather as a qualified son of heaven was largely the result of political engineering. Japan's real rulers (a combination of militarists and industrialists) simply dusted off some ancient fables about the dynasty, rescued Emperor Meiji from obscurity and backed their traditions with iron-clad law and a state-enforced religion...
...veranda deck of the slate-grey battleship shone with the color of red-striped Russians, red-ribboned Britons, olive-drab Chinese, and row upon row of khaki-clad American admirals and generals...
...rnberg jail, where most of the accused were held, there was a decided religious trend. More & more of the Nazis asked for Bibles and the services of the U.S. Army chaplains. One of the most devout was Hans Frank, who had walked into captivity clad only in a pair of silk panties...
Primitive Pleasures. There, clad in a long blue gown with scarlet cuffs, his hip-long queue carefully braided, the suave ruler, who looks like an Asiatic humpty-dumpty, held court. His ornate audience-chamber was furnished with occidental armchairs, Chinese tables and innumerable glass cases crammed with exquisitely gowned Japanese dolls...
...grey, but millions of Londoners lined the route of the royal procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster. WRENs in uniform perched on the Admiralty roof; pajama-clad residents of Carlton House Terrace clung to chimneys. The cheers swelled in ear-splitting waves. By historic chance, V-J day came on the day the new Labor-dominated Parliament opened. In one burst Britons were hailing victory, the Crown and Socialism...