Word: coate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...then visible, prostrate on the ice. Tass told that when Captain Zappi was rescued he said that Dr. Malmgren had been left behind some days previously (at his own request) to die. Tass stated that Captain Zappi was wearing, when rescued, Dr. Malmgren's fur boots and coat, and two other pairs of fur boots and two other coats-whereas Zappi's comrade, Captain Mariano, seemed sick, weak, and wore no fur boots...
...from the house. The servants were questioned; the house was searched; no clew was found. Last week, Sir Ashley's English valet was arrested on a tip from a Manhattan pawnbroker. He confessed to the police that he had stolen the jewels and hidden them in an old coat in his closet in Sir Ashley's house. The jewels were returned to their owner, Mrs. Eleanor Mott, wife of a young plumbing executive and daughter of Sir Ashley...
...motto of the Mosconi is Ever Prospering by God's Grace, and their ancient coat of arms displays two black two-headed eagles and two gold one-headed lions rampant, while from each of the six mouths of these four angry creatures darts a crimson tongue, barbed...
...smile that verges easily into a sneer, a peculiar hypnotic stare, and a pantherlike bound are other useful attributes of Comrade Krylenko. On the first day of the Shahkta Trial he strode in wearing what U. S. citizens would call a hunting costume: khaki coat and breeches, soft roll collar, homespun stockings, hobnail shoes. To be sure all Russians present in the Hall of Columns were roughly attired; but Hunter Krylenko's costume seemed significant. Within a few hours he had wrung confessions from three small-fry technicians which should set them before a firing squad, and ever since...
...stands full six feet tall. No brittle yellowman he, but broad and bronzed and bland. Bible in hand or coat pocket. Pistol within arms reach. Devout Christian. Dead shot. Master of the world's largest private army-195,000 men. Such today is China's Strongest Man: Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, pronounced "Fung U-sheeang...