Word: clad
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Although Collins, who has been with his present job only five months, has guarded many of the College's ivy-clad buildings on the night shift, he has never had to call out the Yard cops or turn in a fire alarm. Rowdy students just don't seem to cross his path and fifth column agents apparently aren't interested in the University's research laboratories...
Ashore, he confronted Brigadier General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, who took a surprised look at his superior and quickly gave him his own pants. Shortly thereafter a British Commando captain happened by and snickered to see General Lemnitzer clad only in a blouse. No record was kept of the discussion, but in the end General Lemnitzer walked off in the captain's pants...
...Clad in white work uniforms two Army cooks demonstrated methods of preparing staple foods under trying conditions. A well balanced menu of pot rest and french fried potatoes was turned out in record time while high ranking officers watched with hungry approval. All men, however, were ushered out of the stadium without a taste of the freshly prepared meal...
...cooking, dressing, neighborliness, forest fires, fishing, customs, communications. But she has no scorn for city dwellers: "In spite of the literary convention of bursting barns, overflowing larders, and cellars crammed with luscious preserves and delicious smoked hams, in spite of the accepted version of the countryman as being clad in the warmest and best of wools . . . the country standard of living is very much lower than the city standard...
...Trenton & Princeton, 1776-77. Washington, whose men were ill-clad and unenthusiastic, crossed the Delaware on Christmas night, 1776, to surprise the British at Trenton, then pushed on to occupy Princeton. These actions fired the Revolutionists' morale, saved Philadelphia, broke Howe's plans, made Washington's reputation, so that he became the real leader of the Revolution. U.S. casualties: 40 killed, 100 wounded...